THOMAS RICHARD ARCHER BRIGGS. 99 
It was in this year also that he appeared for Land first ame as a 
Se at the Plymouth Institution, a Soc kl 
lectures and Fel be have for a long time ae Lem night keel 
most of the scientific and literary men of the neighbourh He 
was a member before this, and had furnished the Sees oat pint Se 
Fi eys, with notices of rare plants. He had also 
presented to the Museum a ponies of eggs of pect birds, mostly 
collected by himself. ‘Not the Flowering Plants in the 
Neighbourhood of Figsosee sek he title of his first lecture; and 
- was followed by a second series of similar ‘“ Q 
session. His connection with the Institution was uninterrupted 
from this time, and was especially close mr — years after the 
delivery of these first lectures. Thus 5 he was elected 
‘Curator of Zoology”; in 1867 he Gouned i a small birds of 
the neighbourhood, and in 1868 and following years on the Flora 
of Plymouth, its soil, its natural features and climate, and the 
distribution of its plant species. In 1869 he was also appointed 
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and he often sent me notes of words and puree and local pro- 
nunciations that he had met with. He was thoro ughiy acquainted 
with the Devonshire dialect, and would sometimes read stories in it 
at Penny Readings with a great deal of quiet humour. I i 
his Posner writing letters in the dialect to the local newspaper 
under an assumed name, on the mischief done by the ru iitoes 
rooting up of plants from the hedgerows, and the destruction of 
small birds. He took a class in the “Boys’ Sunday School, and was 
left the school. He was also much interested in the day schools, 
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a lay reader in the parish, and I often heard of his good work there, 
especially as a teacher and visitor. . . . In all his work he was 
exact, punctual and diligent, always to be depended upon for the 
ormance of anything he had undertaken. And he was always 
most considerate for others, with a Puce formal sir fashioned 
courtesy that was very pleasant and winnin, 
These reminiscences of Mr. Shelly’ 8 are 80 entirely in keeping 
with my own (referring chiefly to later years), that I have not been 
able to deny myself the pleasure of quoting them 
chance of being the first recorder of it, as a native of Britain.—C.C.B.” 
Perhaps I ought - add that I have a specimen of it ee by aa in July, 
1857, in Treverry Bog, near Helston, which I then , because 
che pm pra ca it with any described species ‘ei ads. Aa. ersrr eens antiytd 
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