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SPEING MEETING. 



The Spring Meeting was held in the Museum Buildings, 

 Truroj on Tuesday, the 25th of May, 1897, the Eight Honorable 

 Leonard H. Courtney, M.A., M.P., the President, in the Chair. 

 There were also present, the Eevs. Canon Moor, M.A., E.E.G.S , 

 T. M. Comyns, S. Eundle, M.A., A. E. Tomlinson, M.A., D. G. 

 Whitley ; Messrs. C. Barrett, H. Barrett, J. Barrett, F. Bryant, 

 J. Bryant, W. Bryant, J. Q. Chilcott, W. Clark, W. J. Clyma, 

 F. H. Davey, J. D. Enys, F.Gr.S., T. Hawken, Hamilton James, 

 P. Jennings, J. Lake, C. Mitchell, W. L. Penrose, J. Pollard, 

 J. J. Smith, H, W. Vinter, B. Williams, Eev. J. Cockin; 

 Mesdames Chilcott, Donaldson, H. James, Pascoe, Share ; the 

 Misses Clyma, F. James, Tomn, Vinter ; also the Hon. Secretaries, 

 Major Parkyn, F.G.S. (Cor. Sec. for Cornwall of the Cambrian 

 Archaeological Association), and Eev. W. lago, B.A. (Hon. Local 

 Sec, for Cornwall, of the Society of Antiquaries, London), and 

 Mr. E. A. Gregg, Curator. 



THE PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS. 



The Dispersion op Cornishmen. 



Every reader of history naturally thinks of our county as a 

 place in which an ancient race, driven by an invader westwards, 

 maintained its stand, and withstood the advancing hordes. 

 Cornwall in this respect is akin in its history and its situation to 

 Wales on the north and Brittany across the channel, exhibiting 

 the same Celtic fringe bordering on the western seas. The 

 peoples have many characteristics in common. Although our 

 language has disappeared, the names of places attest the unity 

 of race, and it appears doubtful whether the slender remains of 

 Cornish literature should not be in some measure distributed 

 between Wales and Armorica, the greater portion being with 

 much plausibility claimed by the latter. 



