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witness could not be relied on as proof that he was Bishop of 

 that particular See in which the attestation took place. But if, 

 as in the Bodmin Manumissions, it was found that a Bishop was 

 named as manumitting a serf at Bodmin, it was highly probable 

 that he was Bishop of that particular diocese in which his manu- 

 mission took place. And that probability might be said to be 

 converted into a certainty by Mr. Carne. Mr. Game's Memoir 

 presented as perfect a List as we were ever likely to obtain, of 

 the Bishops who held this See of Cornwall before it was thrown 

 into the Bishopric of Exeter. The Cornish Bishopric was a very 

 ancient one ; and probably, as Mr. Carne said, Conan was a 

 Cornish Bishop before the establishment of the Saxons here. — 

 The President next mentioned that, at the request of Dr. Bar- 

 ham, he had brought with him a contribution which he proposed 

 to make to the next Number of the Joimial, but which, probably, 

 as there were many other Papers, he should scarcely have time to 

 read to this meeting. It was a very ancient document ; * showing 

 that as early as the 7th Century voyages were made from Alex- 

 andria to Cornwall, or at least West Britain, and that tin was 

 then an object of commerce between those places. There was no 

 reason to doubt that such Avas the case ; but still there had been 

 no reliable authority in proof that such voyages were made be- 

 tween the Roman period and the beginning of the reign of the 

 Plantagenets. After that time there were numerous authorities 

 on the subject ; but between the departure of the Romans from 

 Britain and the first of the Plantagenet sovereigns there was a 

 wide chasm; and he flattered himself that he had found an 

 authority in an unexpected quarter to show that during that 

 interval voyages in quest of tin were made from Alexandria to 

 this country. 



Dr. Jago then read the Lists of Presents : 



DONATIONS TO THE MUSEUM. 



Flint Flakes and Knives, from near Arundel . . From the Eev. R. H. Longue- 



ville Jones, M.A. 



Four Flint Flakes, from the Land's End District Mr. J. T. Blight. 



Pebbles containing Fossils, from Budleigh Mr. Whitley. 



Salterton 



* This Document will be found included in a Paper, in this Number of 

 the Journal, by Mr. Smirke, on the Tin Trade between Britain and Alexandria 

 in the Seventh Century. 



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