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at the Church where Mr. H. M. Whitley, F.G.S., secretary of 

 the Sussex Archaeological Society and an honorary member of 

 our Society, explained its features. The Church Plate was 

 exhibited by the Rev. E. L. Kingsford. Merther Uni was the 

 next stopping place ; here the Crosses and the ruins of the Chapel 

 were visited. Trelill Holy Well, which was found to be in a 

 capital state of preservation was next inspected. At this latter 

 place pins were duly dropped in and copious draughts taken of the 

 cool delicious water. The fine Elizabethan house, at Trenethick, 

 interested the party a great deal, and its external appearance was 

 much admired. Leaving this charming old house the party drove 

 direct to Camborne, passing Skewis the home of the notorious 

 Henry Eogers, pewterer. After tea, at the Commercial hotel, 

 Camborne, a hearty vote of thanks was accorded to Major 

 Parkyn for the excellent arrangements he had made. Major 

 Parkyn in replying referred to the valuable assistance rendered 

 by Mr. Thurstan C. Peter in arranging the excursion. 



The eighth Annual Joint Meeting of the Cornish Scientific 

 Societies, was held at Falmouth, on Wednesday, the 22nd of 

 August, 1900, when the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society 

 acted as host, entertaining the visitors at luncheon, taking them 

 for a water trip at the close of the meeting for the reading of 

 papers, and inviting them to an evening lecture on "Golden 

 Victoria," by Mr. James Stirling, the mining representative of 

 that colony. At the afternoon meeting, held in one of the rooms 

 attached to the Polytechnic Hall, there was a crowded audience. 

 The following papers were read: " An outline of the Geology 

 and Mineral Resources of Victoria, " by Mr. James Stirling, on 

 behalf of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall; "Capital 

 for Cornish Mines," by Mr. J. H. Collins, F.G.S., on behalf of 

 the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society ; ' ' Notes on Victorian 

 Gold and Coal Mining," by Mr. James Stirling, on behalf of the 

 Mining Association and Institute of Cornwall ; and " Cornwall 

 and the Romans," by Mr. A. T. Quiller-Couch, on behalf of 

 this Society. 



An Antiquarian discovery of great interest and importance 

 was made in the month of August, at Harlyn Bay, near Padstow, 

 and is still being investigated. It consists of an ancient Burial- 

 Ground, in a sandy hill, near the seashore, on the North Coast of 



