MR. T. SOUTHWELL ON ANCIENT RBCORBS OF CETACEANS. 303 
in chalk near Norwich,” published in ‘ British Association 
Report,’ 1839. 
Robert Wigham died on 15th February, 1855, and the editor 
of a Norwich paper, in an obituary notice, paid the following 
tribute to his character : “ Indefatigable ami enthusiastic in his 
favourite study of the Natural Sciences, his untiring zeal and 
extraordinary vigour of intellect, together with an unassuming 
mien and most generous disposition, endeared him to a large and 
extensive circle of labourers in the same field, by whom his loss 
will be deeply regretted. Self-educated and raised to comparative 
affluence by his own laborious industry, his bounty has been on 
many occasions freely extended to the needy. Esteemed and 
beloved by all who have shared in his friendship, his death will 
be long felt and deplored by those with whom ho was most 
intimately associated.” 
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ANCIENT RECORDS OF THE OCCURRENCE OF 
CERTAIN .CETACEANS ON THE NORFOLK COAST. 
Bt Thomas South well, F.Z.S., V.-P. 
Read 29th October , 1901. 
Mr. le Strange has been good enough to send me the 
following extracts relating to the stranding of Cetaceans on the 
shore of his manor of Holme-next-the-Sea, the first of which has 
in part been published by Blomfield, in the ‘History of Norfolk’ 
(1808), vol. x. p. 334, and thence copied into subsequent works of 
a like nature, but has never, 1 believe, appeared in its entirety, 
whereas the latter has not previously been made known. Both 
accounts are exceedingly interesting, and with Mr. le Strange’s 
permission I have much pleasure in bringing them under the 
notice of our Society. 
