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THE AUTUMN EXCURSION. 



The following account of the Excursion has been taken almost verbatim from 

 the Western Morning News, of Wednesday, August 25th, and the Cornwall 

 Gazette, of Friday, August 27th. The accuracy and ability of the narrators are 

 willingly acknowledged on the part of the Institution, 



The members of the Eoyal Institution of Cornwall, with their 

 friends, had their annual excursion, on Tuesday, August 24th, 

 in the neighbourhood of St. Austell, and as the weather was 

 delightful, the objects of interest abundant, and the arrange- 

 ments perfect, they had a very pleasant trip. The party included, 

 in addition to a number of ladies. Dr. Jago, F.E.S., President of 

 the Institution; Mr. J. Eashleigh, (Menabilly), Vice-President; 

 Dr. Barham, Member of Council; Dr. Foster, F.G.S., Hon. Sec; 

 Mr. J. H. ColHus, F.G.S., Eon. Sec; Sir John Maclean, F.S.A., 

 Corr. Mem. ; Eev. T. Bennetts, Mr. Randolph Clay, an American 

 gentleman, who is studying mining in this country, Mr. T. A. 

 Cragoe, Dr. Drake, Messrs. R H. Fox, E. Heard, J. James, 

 B. Kitto, F.Gr.S., T. Olver, M. Louis Pelatan, a French gentleman, 

 from the Ecole des Mines, Messrs. J. Phillips, M. Quin, J. J. 

 Rogers, (Penrose), Rev. H. S. Slight, Messrs. W. Symons, 

 E. N. Worth, F.G.S., and others. 



The district chosen for this year's excursion being more 

 suggestive of natural science than archseology, Mr. Collins, 

 F.Gr.S., was the chosen counsellor and guide, and right well he 

 performed the task of inducting us into the mysteries of china- 

 clay manufacture ; with the aid of Dr. Foster, he made plain 

 the constantly varying geological features of the district. But 

 we were far from being dependent upon geology for our mental 

 feast. The archseologist was able to revel in the contemplation of 

 objects whose history is lost in the obscurity of far distant ages, 

 and to form his own theories unhampered by inconvenient facts, 

 whilst the wo-ologists, who we fear formed some portion of the 

 party, foimd interest and entertainment in the pretty and not 

 unfrequently weird traditions which have taken the place of 

 authentic history. 



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