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Another Chart showed Falmouth Haven in the same reign, but, 

 although it was exceedingly quaint, it gave no additional 

 information. The next Map was the most practically useful one 

 of the whole collection, and for this he was indebted to Mr. 

 Walter H. Tregellas, as there was no copy of it in the British 

 Museum. It was a survey of Falmouth Harbour made in 1597, 

 by Baptista Boazio, and was full of information, 



In Truro, nothing was shewn on the south of the river, the 

 town then consisting of The Church of St. Mary, with the High 

 Cross ; Pydar Street, St. Mary Street, Old Bridge Street, with 

 some houses on the St. Clement side of the river ; King Street, 

 Powder Street (now Boscawen Street), and some houses stretching 

 towards the Quay which then existed. A Church is shewn in 

 Tresillian Village and. St. Margett's Chapel, about a mile below • 

 Tregoney. 



Amongst the other Maps described were Captain Grrenville 

 Collin's Survey of Falmouth Harbour in 1681, in Great Britain's 

 Coasting Pilot, Waghener's Map, dated 1588, from The Mariner's 

 Mirrour, Dummer's Survey of 1 692, A Plott of Falmouth Harbour 

 in the reign of James II, etc. 



The following papers were then read : — 



"On A Humerus of the great Eorqual Whale, found at 

 Port Holland," by Hamilton James. 



"On the Geology of Central and West Cornwall," by" 

 J. H. Collins, F.G.S. 



"Extract from Clerical Subsidy Polls relating to the 

 Hundred of Powder, 4 Eichard II, and Inventory of Church 

 Goods, Hundred of Powder, temp. Edward VI," by H. Michell 

 Whitley, F.G.S. 



The latter showed that at the time of Edward VI, St. Austell 

 boasted of a clock. With regard to this item, the President 

 said that whilst examining the west front of St. Austell tower 

 with a friend, he was struck with a circular hollow sunk in the 

 wall, surrounded with 24 small circles, whilst the stone was pierced 

 through in the centre, apparently for a spindle to work the 

 hands of a clock. They were extremely puzzled about a clock 

 having been fixed at so early a date, and his friend inclined to 

 the theory that a sun-dial had been fixed, though he pointed out 

 that the marks did not corroborate such an idea. He thought a 



