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A glance at My lor churcliyard. supplies us with two peculiar 

 specimens, whicli are short and somewhat pathetic : — 



One, dated 1814, describes the death of a man of Flushing, 

 (T.J.), shot by a Custom-house Officer, who probably regarded 

 him as a smuggler : — 



' ' We have not a moment we can call our own — 

 " Officious zeal, in luckless hour, laid wait, 

 " And, wilful, sent the murd'rous ball of fate ! 

 " James to his home, which late in health he left, 

 " Wovmded returns ; — of life is soon bereft ! " 



The other commemorates a shipwright who died in 1770: — 

 " Alajs Frend Joseph. His end war* Allmost Sudden, 

 As thou the Mandate came Express from heaven, 

 his foot it Slip. And he did fall 

 help help he cries. & that was all. 



Several inscriptions piiblished in important works relating 

 to Cornwall, are found, on careful inspection, to have been 

 incorrectly read ; and thus, in one f instance, the christian name 

 of " Jowdy " has been by error introduced (instead of Loveday) 

 into a family record. 



But we will turn to the Poets. 



The modern elegance of a Hawker (who, alas ! has passed 

 away), and the poetic excellence of the writings of Mr. Stokes, 

 refresh those who love good verse. In contributing to our 

 collection of portraits of authors connected with Cornwall, I 

 have asked for, and have fortunately obtained, those of the two 

 last named well known writers ; and the Council will doubtless 

 be pleased to give them honorable places on our walls. 



The Library and other collections of the Institution are 

 becoming continually more valuable, and the Catalogue of Books 

 has been correspondingly improved. Still, a well-tabulated list 

 of other objects is needed for easy reference, especially in the 

 Museum. 



Some attempt should also be made to obtain a clue to the 

 identity of the Egyptian Mummy. Egyptologists have, of late, 

 identified many important personages amongst the mummies, 



* Altered to " v/ear," for "were" or "was." "Thou" in the next line 

 stands for " though." 

 f Durant at Bodmin. 



