88 THK ANNUAL EXCURSION. 



contents were arranged and exhibited, and lie had no douht 

 whatever that those who came from Cornwall would carry back 

 with them many ideas which might assist them in adding to and 

 improving their own exhibition at Truro. (Hear, hear.) They 

 must all feel that nothing could do more to assist both Institu- 

 tions in their resj)ective researches than unity of feeling and 

 mutual assistance such as he was convinced a meeting of that 

 kind would largely tend to foster and continue. (Applause.) 

 It would be a very great pleasure to those who had taken part 

 in the excursion that day to meet the members of the Plymouth 

 Institution, and any others who might have arranged to take 

 part in the excursion which it proposed to hold on the morrow. 

 It would be rather a holiday than an occasion for any very deep 

 research of a scientific or archaeological character, but they 

 would all agree with him that meetings of this kind tended to an 

 interchange of ideas which would doubtless continue to be of 

 use to both societies. He hoped to return to-morrow the wel- 

 come which had been so generously given to them that evening. 



Mr. E. N. Worth, at the invitation of the president, then 

 briefly explained the character and contents of the museum, and 

 in the course of his remarks mentioned that they were indebted 

 to Mr. Jewers for the shields which ran around the walls of the 

 museum. Each shield illustrated either some family or some 

 person connected with the history of Plymouth and its neigh- 

 bourhood, or with the foundation of the Plymouth Institution, 

 and for this reason they were exceedingly interesting. 



During the evening the proceedings were pleasantly varied 

 by some musical selections, rendered by Miss Marian McKenzie, 

 who was in excellent voice, and sang in her best style. She was 

 accompanied on the piano by Mr. J. Pardew, and the efforts of 

 both these popular artistes were highly appreciated by the 

 audience. 



The second day was occupied by an excursion to Cotehele at the 

 invitation of the President, the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe. The 

 weather was aU that could be desired — little wind, but the heat 

 of a warm sun, tempered by light clouds, which slowly made 

 their way across the sky. A large number of the party started 

 from West Hoe Pier in the Eleanor about half-past ten, and 

 they were joined by a still larger number, principally members 



