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nary agitations of the sea and earthquake shocks, and published 

 the results of his investigations in the Edinburgh New Philo- 

 sophical Journal, the British Association Reports, and our own 

 Transactions of the Royal Institution of Cornwall. 



In 1862 Mr. Edmonds published a collection of his papers, 

 entitled "The Land's End District; its Antiquities, Natural 

 History, Natural Phenomena, and Scenery." Amongst his 

 contributions to our Transactions are the following memoirs : — 



"Remarkable Periodicities in Atmospherical and other 

 Phenomena," 1848. 



" Caves, Ancient British, near Penzance," 1857. 



" Whirlwind near Penzance," 1860. 



" Beehive Cave at Chapel Euny and Chyoyster," 1861. 



•'Barrows in Constantino and Wendron," 1862. 



"Ancient Cornish Tin Trade," 186.-3, 



" St. Michael's Mount and the Phoenicians," 1863. 



" Tin Trade— Ancient Cornish," 1863. 



Chaeles William Peach. 

 At the ripe age of 86 this enthusiastic naturalist has passed 

 away. Born in Northamptonshire, he entered the coastguard 

 service, and in the intervals of his duties observed the plants, 

 insects, birds, and fishes he met with in the sea and on land. 



He was ever attentive to ascertain new species and genera. 

 In particular, he increased the store of knowledge of sponges 

 in our seas, of medusse, echinoderms, mollusks and fishes. 

 He was a keen observer, rather than a trained naturalist ; one 

 who placed all his stores of knowledge in the hands of others, 

 publishing little himself. 



InPalseontologyhemade successful researches, firstdetecting 

 fossil fishes in the Devonian rocks, and in the north of Scotland 

 he discovered a series of fossils in the limestone formations, 

 which enabled Murchison and others to fix the geological age of 

 the rocks of the N.W. Highlands. 



After retiring from the public service, he continued to prose- 

 cute his researches in the carboniferous rocks near Edinburgh. 

 In 1875 the Eoyal Society of Edinburgh awarded him the Neill 

 Gold Medal for his services to Natural History, thus honouring 

 bis long and useful scientific career. 



