CHRONOLOGICAL MEMORANDA. 177 
March1. Western Morning News publishes a Report of a Lecture on 
‘¢ British Storms,” delivered by Mr. T. W. Coffin to the members of the Ply- 
mouth Institution. — 
March 8. A brilliant meteor seen at many places in West Cornwall, in 
the western part of the heavens. After shooting upwards it exploded, giving 
out a brilliant bluish light. : 
March 13 and 16. Western Morning News contains accounts of the 
opening of a tumulus at Trevelgy, Newquay, by Mr. W. Copeland Borlase, 
F.S.A., of Castle Horneck. Among the exploring party were: Mr. Spence 
Bate, F.R.S., Captain Oliver, R.A., Mr. Evans, and Rev. W. Iago, F.S.A. 
March 16. Cornwall Gazette states that Sir J. Maclean had exhibited 
to the Archeological Institute a Deed of Grant, 18th of Henry the Seventh, 
which shews the existence of a guild at Blyston, Cornwall. 
- March 16. Cornwall Gazette publishes a letter on ‘‘ Cornish Lighthouses,” 
from ‘‘ Christopher Cooke,” London. 
March 28. Capt. Oliver, R.A., F.R.G.S., delivered a Lecture, in connec- 
tion with the Plymouth Institution, on ‘‘The Pre-historic Remains of 
Brittany.” 
April4. West Briton publishes a letter of inquiry, signed “‘ F. 8. A.,” 
concerning ‘‘ Cornish Proverbial Sayings.” 
April 4. Western Morning News publishes a letter, signed ‘‘ Henry H. 
Drake,” concerning ‘‘ The Father of Sir Francis Drake.” 
April11. West Briton publishes a letter, signed ‘“ Lyscerruyt,” on 
“ Cornish Proverbial Sayings”; and a letter, signed “‘ A”, on ‘‘ Barrows and 
Cromlechs.” 
April 12. Western Morning News publishes a letter, in which objec- 
tions are taken to the recent operations at the Trevelgué Barrows. The 
letter is signed by: W. HE. Michell, the Fort, Newquay; R. A. Chudleigh, 
Pool, Camborne; R. Mildren; E. Tippett, Newquay, St. Columb Minor; 
Thomas Boyle, surgeon, Newquay. 
April 15. Rev. F. C. Hingeston-Randolph, in a letter published in the 
Western Morning News, records that, on the 10th of April, he saw a pair of 
Hoopoes, near Ringmore Rectory, South Devon. The letter further states: 
‘‘We have had many strange birds on our coast this year, suggesting, possi- 
bly, some peculiarity in the season. A little time since, two large gannets 
were washed ashore on the sands at Challaborough, and large numbers of 
puffins and guillemots have been cast up on all our beaches.” 
April 23. The Teign Vale Naturalist and Field Club held its first an- 
nual meeting for the year. Their walk was from Kingskerwell to Compton 
Castle, thence by Cockington to Torquay. Mr. E. Vivian was elected Presi- 
dent; and the retiring President, Rev. J. M. Hawker, and Mr. A. Pengelly, 
were elected vice-presidents.—The second meeting for the season was held 
on Tuesday, May 28, at Chudleigh. - 
April 27. Cornwall Gazette publishes a letter, from ‘ Christopher 
Cooke,” London, concerning the ‘‘ Tregagle Family.” 
May 2. Western Morning News states that a Sea Devil ( Lophius pisca- 
torius) taken in Torquay Harbour, had been sent to the Crystal Palace. 
May 2. Ata meeting of the Plymouth Institution, Mr. J. N. Bennett 
read a paper on the ‘‘ Ammil,” a curious meteorological phenomenon, almost 
peculiar to Dartmoor. 
