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the trawl were distributed amongst the crew, there is very little 

 doubt that it would ensure success, and put an end to all specula- 

 tion as to the real mischief done by the trawl. 



11th. A close time for sea fisheries, as well as for river fisheries, 

 would be extremely desirable, and the most suitable time for this 

 would perhaps be the months of February, March, and April ; but 

 this would require further consideration, and would greatly depend 

 upon the results of the examinations of the trawling produce, 

 when conducted under competent supervision. 



The lecturer expressed his disappointment that the Plymouth 

 Chamber of Commerce do not feel the importance of this subject 

 sufficiently to give it any attention, since their necessary con- 

 nection with all marine matters which influence the prosperity of 

 the port would have rendered them a most eligible body to assist 

 in the investigation. If they will not lead, however, they will 

 perhaps find that they will have to follow in the wake, for the 

 subject must proceed. 



A Paper will be read on February Srd, on 



COENISH NAMES. 

 By Rev. J. Bannister, ll.d. 



PROGRAMME. 



Cornwall a peculiar county — The Cornish a peculiar people — 

 Cornwall the first, the last, and the best, or at least next to the 

 best, county in England, though once not in England at all — The 

 Cornish once Celts, now Saxons — become so by a change of 

 language — Three great families of languages. — The old Cornish, 

 Aryan, and Celtic — once the vernacular of all the south of 

 England — Died out about 100 years ago — Literary remains few — 

 Much of the old tongue preserved in names — Tre, Pol, and Pen — 

 Names with these prefixes do not outnumber all others — they are, 

 however, ''the most Cornish" — The prefix the generic term, and 

 has a plain signification — suffix mostly adjectival — Thousands of 

 names easily interpreted — more of uncertain signification — dis- 

 guised by false spelling — No very old records written by natives 

 in the vernacular — Manumissions of Celtic serfs by Saxon lords — 

 Domesday — Conjectural renderings — Analogy of other names — 

 Physical characteristics of a place noted — Help required. 



