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from which Mary Queen of Scots is believed to have risen for execu¬ 
tion ; and water-colour drawings of a stone coffin in situ, found in the 
parish of Stilton, near to Folksworth, on December 24th, 1866. The 
length of the coffin lid was 6ft. 6in., breadth 2ft. 2in., with a thick¬ 
ness of 8 inches. Interior dimensions of coffin, length 6ft. 2in., depth 
lft. 5in., width of base 1ft. 2in., gradually increasing to a width of 
2ft. There was also shown the (conjectured) route of Ermine Street; 
and Samian ware discovered on the site of the (presumed) Roman 
cemetery near Folksworth, one piece, the base of a patera, showing 
the potter’s mark “ Borillioffic and another picture showing ten 
fragments of pottery of different ware and markings, found iu the field 
with the stone coffin recorded above. Hearty thanks were given to 
the Marchioness Dowager of Huntly, to Miss Goole, to the Rev. E. 
Bradley, and to other ladies and gentlemen who had assisted in the 
entertainment.—January 13th. Her Majesty the Queen presented 
to the Society, through Mr. C. Dack, copies of “ Leaves from the 
Journal of our Life in the Highlands,” and “ More Leaves from the 
Journal of a Life in the Highlands.” On the fly-leaf of each book 
appears, in Her Majesty’s handwriting, the following inscription :— 
“ Presented to the Peterborough Natural History, Scientific, and 
Archaeological Society, January, 1887, Victoria R.I.” 
The “ Midland Naturalist.”— At the meeting of the 
Management Committee of the Midland Union, held on the 
24tli of January, a letter from Mr. W. J. Harrison, F.G.S., 
was read, resigning the co-editorsliip of the “Midland 
Naturalist.” Professor Hillliouse, M.A., F.L.S., was unani¬ 
mously elected his successor. The hearty thanks of the 
Committee were given to Mr. Harrison for his past valuable 
services. 
“ Change of Editors. —During the past nine years it has 
been my pleasant though onerous duty to assist in issuing 
108 numbers of the * Midland Naturalist.’ Since my coming 
to Birmingham, my associations have allowed me less and less 
time for the direct study of natural history, and I have more 
than once placed my resignation of the co-editorship of the 
‘Midland Naturalist’ in the hands of the Council of the 
Midland Union, only withdrawing it at their assurance that I 
should be relieved as soon as a suitable man could be found 
to take my place. 
“ In now retiring from the post which I have held so long, 
it gives me special pleasure to know that Professor Hillliouse 
has consented to be my successor. To each and all of the 
supporters of this magazine I tender my hearty thanks for 
the consideration which I have always received at their hands. 
I shall always look back with pleasure at my connection with 
the ‘ Organ of the Scientific Societies of the Midlands,’ and 
although no longer taking a direct part in its management, I 
shall still hope to contribute from time to time to its columns. 
“ W. Jerome Harrison.” 
