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2. The service used in the Profession of monks, followed by 

 texts, taken from the gospels for Sundays and Feast days 

 throughout the year, beginning with the first Sunday of 

 Advent : each text is accompanied with a short commentary. 



3. Readings at Collations before Compline (or second vespers), 

 beginning on the second Holy day of the first week of Lent, 

 being sermons of the Holy Fathers ; as St. Augustine (Bishop), 

 St. Leo (Pope), St. Maxinim (Bishop), and others. This part 

 has 25 folios. 



4. Martyrolo gy, collected by Usuard, priest and monk, with a 

 Prologue addressed to Charles (the Bald, according to Dr. 

 Oliver), Lord of Kings ; and a Preface, stating in what 

 degree only the memory of martyrs is to be revered. The 1st 

 entry is on the eve of the birth of our Lord, and goes, day 

 by day, through the whole year. This part is contained in 

 18 folios. 



5. The rule of Saint Benedict, giving directions as to the mon- 

 astic life. Some of these directions are most amusing, and 

 interesting as illustrative of the habits and manners of the 

 period. This part occupies 18 folios. 



I have much pleasure in exhibiting this MS. to our members, 

 and I hope it may suggest to other persons, who may possess 

 MSS. of similar local interest to our county, to exhibit them on 

 these occasions. 



Every Cornishman would regret that the old Cornish toast of 

 '' Tin, Fish, and Copper," which at one time truly represented the 

 staple, if not the sole, productions of the county, should ever 

 cease to be appropriate. It is pleasant, therefore, in the present 

 state of depression in the commercial world, to be able to record 

 proofs of vitality, however small, in those productions which are 

 still left to us, and we should endeavour to encourage every effort 

 to improve and revive them. 



Some of your former Presidents have alluded in their annual 

 address to the principal natural productions of our county. I 

 will therefore briefly touch on some of them. 



I have had no reliable means of ascertaining the present state 

 of the tin and copper productions. Of the past year, the report 

 would, I fear, be unfavourable, though every one must earnestly 

 hope that the present depression is only temporary. 



