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THE ANNUAL EXCURSION, 1896. 



On Thursday, the 10th of September, 1896, an excellent 

 programme tempted a certain number of the Members of the 

 Royal Institution to set out towards the southern promontory of 

 "West Cornwall to investigate a portion of the Lizard district. 

 The weather had been very threatening, and this reduced the 

 number of adventurers below that which had been expected. 

 Nevertheless, a very fine and enjoyable day was experienced. One 

 great attraction, in addition to the beauties of the sea and land 

 and pure breezes, was the fact that Viscount Falmouth had very 

 kindly given permission, and had provided facilities, for the 

 Society to explore, by excavation, an ancient settlement which 

 had been brought prominently into view by the accidental 

 burning of the vegetation which had previously tended to 

 conceal it. 



On being informed by Eev. W. lago that the Council desired 

 an opportunity of examining the spot. Lord Falmouth immed- 

 iately telegraphed and wrote from Pirbright Camp, in reply, 

 to state that he had no objection, and that he had sent a 

 telegram to the Trego thnan estate office for the purpose of 

 arrangements being made, adding — " I hope your exploration 

 may prove interesting. If I were only free to do so, it would 

 be a great pleasure to me to be present." On being afterwards 

 informed of the day's doing, his Lordship further wrote : "I am 

 very pleased to hear that the excavation of the mounds was a 

 success, and shoidd have been much interested to have seen the 

 huts developed." In addition to this, permission was also kindly 

 given for the depositing, in our Society's Museum, of such relics 

 as were found. 



The expedition assembled, in the first instance, at Helston, 

 arriving by train in the morning. There were present Messrs. 

 J. D. Enys, F.Gr.S., Thurstan C. Peter (to whom was recently 

 awarded the gold medal for his account of the Cam Brea 

 Exploration), Eev. D. G-. Whitley, Capt. Bryant and Mr. J. 

 Barrett (Lord Falmouth's agents), Messrs. H. Barrett, J. 



