/6 CHRONOLOGICAL MEMORANDA. 



December 6. Oxford Local Examinatious. Presentation of Prizes and 

 Certificates at Truro, by Mr. Angnstus Smith. 



December 6. West Briton publishes a letter signed " Trepolpeu," on 

 " The Journal of the Eoyal Institution of Cornwall." 



December 10. Foundation Stone of New Public Buildings at Truro, 

 laid by Mr. Augustus Smith. 



December 13. Death of Eev. Hender Molesworth St. Aubyn, of Clowauce, 

 aged 69. 



December 20. West Briton publishes a letter from Mr. W. K. BuUmore, 

 M.D., recording the enclosure of a mummified specimen of the Scabbard 

 Fish, in the mesentery of a Cod Fish purchased at Falmouth. Mr. BuUmore 

 published the following account of this phenomenon : "In the early part of 

 last week my friend Mr. W. P. Cocks, of Falmouth, purchased at his door 

 an unusually fine specimen of the common Cod-fish. It was evidently well 

 fed, and to all appearance in every respect healthy. Orders were given to 

 the servant to remove with care the stomach and its contents, and to save 

 the same for her master's inspection. On examination, the organ appeared 

 perfectly developed, and well filled with miscellaneous remains ; its walls 

 were of the usual thickness, and its mucous membrane quite normal. At- 

 tached to the stomach was a large portion of the mesentery, and, strangely 

 enough, enveloped in its folds was a young mummified specimen of the 

 scabbard fish, nearly four inches in length. The prisoner was perfectly 

 preserved, and of the consistency of horn, shewing very plainly that it must 

 have been entombed for some considerable length of time. The arteries in 

 the immediate neighbom*hood were of the usual size, and the surrounding 

 tissues all in perfect health. There were no signs whatever of present or 

 past inflammation, nor, in fact, any of the evidences generally observed to 

 indicate the presence of a foreign body of this magnitude. The question 

 very naturally suggests itself : how did this scabbard fish get into the peri- 

 toneal cavity of the cod ; and how comes it that after so protracted a stay 

 there were no signs of inflammatory action. A careful examination failed 

 to reveal anything like a cicatrix either of the stomach or intestines." 



• December 21. Western Morning News records the recent discovery of an 

 ancient road beneath the site of the New Public Piooms at Truro. 



December 26. Cornwall Gazette publishes a letter from " Christopher 

 Cooke," on " Cornish Cromlechs," &c. 



December 26. A letter in the Western Morning News, signed "J. C. 

 Blewett," Lostwithiel, publishes copy of Eoyal Warrant for fishing in the 

 river Larren. 



NETHBETON, PEINTEB, TEURO. 



