XCil 
A Pile from a Crannoge discovered in 1869, in 
Llangorse Lake, Brecknockshire.......... Rev. H. N. Dumbleton. 
A Lumpsucker ...... coccccccccccccvcccve Mr. T. Cornish, Penzance. 
Nest of the HEsculent Swallow (Hirundo) 
esculenta. Linn. and Gemil .......... 
Chrysalis of the Saturnia Atlas, Schr., 
Bombyx Atlas, Lat.; from China ...... 
Argonauta Argo, Lam. ; from the Mediter- 
TAN CATES CAM eee oe eteeiaete sfaialeveserevenats 
Haliotis tuberculata, Lin. ; from the Chan- 
MEUM AMS ene ers ris sieccleve relieve ke errerere arate 
Calyptrea Sinensis, Dish.; Helford flats .. 
Gorgonia verrucosa, Dr. Cole (young) ; 
Black Rock, Carrack Road .....e...s0- 
Sertularia nigra, Pallas; Trawl refuse.... } Mr. W. P. Cocks. 
Asterina gibbosa, Penn; Rock pool, Gwyl- 
ihn) WEES GooocooaocKbod Jo0g0500000000 
Purpura Lapillus, Lin. ; et Nidi ; Gwyllyn 
AVIS Oleirevene icetia awerstioieieiatatate tevsteie iereteuscotevebevs O06 
Buccinum reticulatum, Lin. ; e¢ Nidi ; Gwyl- 
Ika, WESO coooodbo0ecccdcdec0DNCC0NG00 
Tobacco Pipe, with oysters, sessile barnacles, 
serpule, &., attached; dredged in Car- 
MMe IMORI Sondoodooneobodoodos da0d00 
Penguin’s Egg, from Ichaboe; found in 
guano, 60 feet below surface, 1847...... J 
51 Coins, Counters, and Tokens (British and 
Intonetean)) SodoéddeocodobeuncdosduGsoC .-- Major Vivian, Tregavethan. 
9 Roman Brass Coins, found at Long) 
Bridge, near Marazion, in 1793 ........ 
down the Carminow Aisle of Mawgan 
2 Nuremberg Counters,* found on sma | Mr. Rogers, Penrose. 
Churchiydune wl SG cease silerapsietas 
* Accompanying these was a note to Mr. Rogers from Mr. Albert Way, 
in which he writes: ‘‘I have received the MS. and the two pieces safely, and 
return you thanks for the account of so singular a discovery. The coins, . 
which I return, are not coins, but Nuremberg Counters, of the innumerable 
types of pieces used until latein the xvi century for casting accounts on 
the ‘ Counter,’ or ruled board, a term preserved universally, though scarcely 
ever understood. The two which you have sent are not of rare types. One 
exhibits a man at his Counting-board, at one end of which is his Account- 
book open; at the other, a bag of money. He is probably casting some very 
simple reckoning on his Abacus Table; and he did it quite as easily as 
with ciphers, such as we now use. On the other side of this piece is the 
Alphabet; and these Counters may have served to teach children their 
letters. They were usually in sets of 30. The Type, with many varieties, 
occurs not uncommonly: one figured by Snelling, in his Jetons, pl. 3, is 
very similar, but not the same as that before me. It is dated 1553. 
The other is of the more common Nuremberg type, with the imperial 
orb, or mound of sovereignty, the Reichs Apfel, and the name of the maker: 
‘HANS SCHULTES ZU NUREMBERG;;’ the reverse has the usual device 
of crowns and fleurs de lys, and the legend: ‘GLICK KVMPT VON GOT 
IST WAR.’ * * * The types are very numerous, for these Counters were 
