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has been removed to the Archaeological room upstairs, and 

 placed under a handsome oak and plate-glass case, which has 

 also been presented by the same generous donor. The stone is 

 one of the greatest attractions in the Museum, and the Curator 

 is now engaged in writing an account of it, which it is hoped 

 will be published, with illustrations, for the information and 

 convenience of visitors. 



The gifts to the museum and library during the past year 

 have been both numerous and valuable. They include several 

 large donations from Mrs. Sharp, of Kensington, London, 

 amongst which may be mentioned a collection of coins, rare 

 engravings, portions of a pavement from Pompeii, many 

 medals and books. Dr. Jago, of Saltash, has given the original 

 MS. of his English-Cornish Dictionary, also original letters 

 relating to the history of Dolly Pentreath. Mr. Eobert Harvey 

 procured at considerable expense the celebrated portrait of 

 Anthony Payne, the Cornish giant, painted by Sir Godfrey 

 Kneller, which he has kindly presented to the Society. This 

 picture, which is hung in the staircase of the museum, has been 

 the means of bringing, as already stated, a very large number 

 of additional visitors to the Institution. It is the intention of the 

 Council to issue a likeness of the valiant giant as a frontispiece 

 to the next number of the Journal. Major Parkyn, F.G.S., 

 Hon. Sec, in the spring of the present year, gave to the Society 

 his valuable collection of minerals got together during his 

 residence at Pieberg in Saxony — many of the specimens are of 

 especial value, and are quite new to the collection in the museum. 



Mr. Charles C. Capel, P.E.M.S., of Crays Foot, Kent, has 

 enriched the library by sending a complete set (22 vols.) of the 

 Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society; 21 volumes of the 

 Monthly Microscopical Journal ; and the three first volumes of 

 the Quekett Club, altogether 46 volumes of very handsomely 

 bound books. This gift of Mr. Capel's has undoubtedly made 

 the Society's library one of the very best for microscopical 

 reference in the West of England. 



Mr. John D. Enys, P.G.S., has presented a complete set of 

 " The Reports of the British Association" : " The Butterflies of 

 New Zealand," and "The Grasses of New Zealand." Mr. Enys 

 gave liberally also to the museum, and enriched it with a specimen 

 of " Enysite," a mineral which was wanting to the Society's 



