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SPEING MEETING, 1894. 



The Spring Meeting- of the Society was held in the Museum 

 Buildings, Truro, on Friday, the 22nd of May, 1894, Mr. John 

 Davies Enys, E.G.S., the President, in the Chair. There were 

 also present a large number of members and their friends, 

 including ladies. 



The President delivered his Address, which he commenced 

 by inviting all, who might be able to do so, to send in lists or 

 items of information, from time to time, illustrative of the 

 occurrence of rare trees or other objects of interest in the county. 

 He desired that such might be tabulated for the benefit of students 

 and of the Institution generally, and then he entered upon the 

 subject of portraits of celebrities connected with Cornwall, and 

 called attention to the chief characteristics of Cornish Churches. 

 He also surmised why it was that so many churches in the West 

 of England fell into a state of ruin and needed much renewal 

 in the 14th and 15th centuries. The address will be found 

 separately given. 



Mr. Howard Fox, F.G.S., President of the Eoyal Geological 

 Society of Cornwall, described an interesting rock at Dinas 

 Head near Padstow. 



Mr. "Wiinsch, F.G.S. commented on the importance of Mr. 

 Fox's discovery. The Paper itself is inserted at a subsequent 

 page. 



Rev. W. lago, B.A., Hon. Sec. for Cornwall of the Society 

 of Antiquaries, London, gave an account of his careful examin- 

 ations of the very interesting Ogham stone which had been 

 discoveied by Mr. A. G. Langdon about two years previously, at 

 Lowannick near Launceston. He referred to Mr Langdon's 



