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Eev. F. E. Eisk, M.A. The Hill- Fortresses, Sling- Stones, and other Antiquities 

 of South-east Devon; Mr. P. 0. Hutchinson. Mont Cenis ; Mr. George 

 Neumann. The Salmonidaj of Devonshire ; Dr. Scott. The Mineral Locali- 

 ties of Devonshire ; Mr. T. M. Hall. The Literature of Kent's Cavern prior 

 to the year 1859 ; Mr. W. Pengelly, F.R.S., &c. The History of the Discovery 

 of Fossil Fish in the Devonian Rocks of Devon and Cornwall ; Mr. W. Pen- 

 gelly, F.R.S., &c. The Game of Chess; Mr. Jerwood. Vagrancy, Mr. E. 

 Vivian. What is Capital ? ; Dr. Hodgson. Sanitary Notes ; Sewer Ventila- 

 tion ; Mr. E. Appleton. Rainfall in Devonshire in 1866 and 1867 ; Mr. W. 

 Pengelly, F.R.S., &c. There was an inspection, by members of the Associ- 

 ation, of Tumuli on Gittisham Hill. 



August 4. Western Morning Neics records a recent discovery of ancient 

 sculptures in Carrara marble, built into a wall of Mabe Church. 



August 6. Cormoall Gazette publishes a letter from "Christopher 

 Cooke," on " Cornish Tenures." 



Au.gust 9, 10. The Perseides or August Meteors. The average hourly 

 number of Meteors on the 9th, observed at Penarth, Truro, was 14. They 

 were very small, generally of a white colour, and the majority had trains. 

 Their duration was very short. The radiant point was Eta Persei. 



August 10, 11. Royal Institution of Cornwall, Antiquarian Excursions 

 in the neighbourhood of Liskeard.— (See Journal of the Royal Institution of 

 Cormvall, No. X). 



August 18. Fifth Annual Meeting of the British Pharmaceutical Con- 

 ference, at Norwich; President, Mr. D. Haubury, F.R.S., F.L.S. 



August 19. Excursion of the Penzance Antiquarian and Natural History 

 Society to Lanyon Cromlech, the Men-an-Tol, the Men-scryfa, Trevean 

 Barrows, BosuUow Crelley, and other antiquities. 



August 19, andfolloioing days. Annual Meeting of the British Associ- 

 ation, at Norwich ; Dr. Hooker, President. Among the Papers read were 

 the following :— Fourth Report of the Committee for the exploration of 

 Kent's Cavern; Mr. W. Pengelly, F.R.S., &c. On the Condition of Bones 

 in Kent's Cavern ; Mr. W. Pengelly, F.R.S., &c. Artificial Rocking Stones ; 

 W. R. Grove, F.R.S. Statistics of Pulmonary Consumption; Dr. Crisp. 



August 20, and following days. Third Session of the International 

 Congress of Prse-historic Archaeology, at Norwich ; Sir John Lubbock, Bart., 

 President. Among Papers read were : — On Flint Flakes and Mammalian Re- 

 mains in the Submerged Forest at Barnstaple ; Mr. H. S. Ellis. On Ogham 

 Monuments ; Mr. R. R. Brash. 



August 21. 25th Annual Meeting of the Ray Society, at Norwich; Mr. 

 J, Gwyn Jeffreys, President. 



August 27. West Briton publishes a letter signed " Cromlech," on the 

 name "Trevethy" or "Trethevy." 



