ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. 393 



On the motion of Mr. John James, seconded by Mr. T. L. 

 Dorrington, it was resolved that the report be received, adopted, 

 and printed. 



The following papers were then read : — 



*' The Drift of thePlymouth Hoe."— N. Whitley, F.E.Met.S. 



"The Physical Geology of Ore Deposits." — J. H. Collins, 

 F.G.S. 



"The Eomans at Tamar Mouth."— E. N. Worth, F.G.S. 



In the discusssion that followed the reading of this paper, 

 the Eev. W. lago remarked that Stratton meant street-town, or 

 a town on a street — street being used wherever the Eomans 

 had a road. Eoman vise were named streets, and he thought 

 there was strong evidence that they were to be identified with 

 the names of some of the places along the north coast of 

 Cornwall, showing the Eomans had a road there, which probably 

 extended into the far west. There might have been a road on 

 the southern part of the county as indicated by the giants' 

 hedge. There were also remains of camps at Bodmin and else- 

 where, which were undoubtedly Eoman, and tended to shew 

 where the Eoman streets lay. They were rectangular and 

 differed from other camps in the county. Tbey might trace the 

 Eoman road further than Stratton, for they found it extending 

 west under the name of Plain-street. It ran parallel to the 

 north coast from the neighbourhood of Forrabury, and along by 

 Endellion. There were no houses on the road, neither did it 

 require houses to make a Eoman street. He also pointed out 

 that a great number of Eoman coins and pottery had been found 

 in places not mentioned in the paper, which perhaps bore out 

 the theory that the Eomans had a regular way of traJ0S.cking 

 through the county from one end to the other by roads, which 

 were a continuation of the roads further up the country. The 

 President pointed out that the old turnpike road between 

 Launceston and Okehampton passed through a place which was 

 called " Old Street " on the map, and which he had heard spoken 

 of as an old Eoman road, and, if so, it was one no doubt which 

 led into the county of Cornwall. Mr. H. M. JefEery differed 

 from Mr. Worth as regarded his account, which held the idea 



