4 SPRING MEETING. 



The Eev. W. Iago then gave a description of a newly- 

 discovered inscribed stone at Cardynham, an illustration of 

 which was exhibited in the room. It is used as a gate post. 

 The inscription seemed to he, or at all events to resemble, in 

 condensed Latin, these words - | - ORA P'lA (or lEL) Q'P'SU 

 IT H [and crucem]. The letters, he said, were very indistinct 

 and prizzling, but next Thursday he would visit the spot again 

 with Mr. Currie, who discovered the stone, when he hoped to 

 make something more of the inscription than he had at present. 

 If it should read E'PS, it struck him that it might allude to 

 Episcopus, or a Bishop, as in the case of a well-known stone in 

 Ireland, on which the name of the Bishop appeared EPS. In 

 this case, however, it might be Q, turned the wrong side up, 

 when it would read as given with the crucem represented by a 

 cross, which appeared very faintly at the end of the inscription. 

 He hoped, however, to solve his doubts at his next inspection. 

 He had pleasure in announcing that Mr. Currie would take care 

 to prevent any of the inscribed stones in the county being 

 injured in the future. A similar post had been marked by 

 the Ordnance Survey, but this would not occur again. Mr. Iago 

 also mentioned that Mr. Currie had discovered some other 

 inscribed stones, which he hoped to introduce at a future meeting 

 of the Institution. 



Mk. H. Michell Whitley then drew attention to a collec- 

 tion of ancient Maps and Charts relating to Falmouth Harbour 

 and the South Coast of Cornwall, which he had copied in London 

 for the purpose of illustrating his paper on " The Silting up of 

 Ealmouth Haven." 



The earliest of these was a Portulane, A.D. 1400, and was 

 very rudely drawn. The next in point of date was a large MS. 

 Chart, of the South Coast of Cornwall and Devon, made early 

 in the reign of King Henry VIII, and might have been pre- 

 pared for the use of the King during his visit to Cornwall to decide 

 on what fortifications were to be built. On this there are several 

 curious inscriptions : " Whitesonde Bay, where Parkyn londyd ;" 

 " The Og'gus, where the Prenchmen londyd ;" — this is to the west 

 of St. Michael's Mount where the French landed in 1514, and 

 burnt the town of Marazion ; "The entrie of ffowey haven an 

 arrowe shotte over," etc. ; Glasney College, the Church of the 

 Black Priars, Truro, and other interesting objects are also shewn. 



