108 BECOVERY OF A LOST RING. 



He took it to Ms motlier ; it proved to be my ring, identified 

 by the inscription inside, and by a slight fault in the cutting of 

 the diamond. On finding that I was the owner, about three 

 months after, she restored it to me. 



It had been re-enamelled, shortly before it was lost, and 

 when found showed no signs of wear. I think it unlikely that 

 it could have been washed up from the bottom of the sea. The 

 motion of the waves would be but small at that depth, and their 

 effect, if any, would be, on the principles of ore dressing, to sink 

 gold and diamond deeper. If it had fallen on seaweed, it would 

 have found its way through any mass of weed before it had 

 reached the shore at nearly high water mark. The only probable 

 alternative is that it had been swallowed by a fish, and voided 

 after an interval of from 13 to 16 years. The recovery was so 

 remarkable, that it seems worthy of being recorded in the Journal 

 of the Royal Cornwall Institution. I have delayed sending an 

 account of it, not having been able to accompany Peter Edgar 

 to the spot till within the last few days, when he showed me, as 

 far as he could remember, exactly where it was found. 



