SOME RECENT REVISIONS OF PLYMOUTH HISTORY. 371 
SOME EECENT EEVISIONS OF PLYMOUTH 
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ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS. 
Page 371, third line from bottom. For " 1854 " read " 1584." 
Page 373, line 17. To the word "Meavy" append note, "'The Meavy ' in 
Corporation Records must be taken to mean the Leat, or New River, as 
well as the River Meavy itself. Cf. Plym. Inst. Trans. , p. 467 : 
1 This year Drake began [the River] to bring the River Mewe to the 
town of Plymouth.' Hence it follows both that the Leat was called the 
Meavy, and also that Drake brought in the River all the way from' the 
fountain-head at Sheepstor into Plymouth." 
Page 377, line 10. For " 29th " read " 19th." 
mouth, and for the remainder of the watercourse, between Eoborough 
and the principal Head Weir at Sheepstor, is simply a utilisation of 
a pre-existing Warleigh Mill Leat. 
2nd, We have the statement that Drake had nothing at all to 
do with Drake's Island, and the " curious " enquiry is proposed, 
when the name of the island was changed from St. Nicholas to 
Drake's. 
3rd, We have the conversion of Drake from the generous donor 
into the mercenary contractor. 
4th, We have the implied contrast between Sir John Hawkins, 
who is set forth as most nearly the typical Englishman of all the 
Elizabethan galaxy, and Sir Francis Drake, who has generally been 
deemed the hero most clearly entitled to that honour. 
5th, We have the statement that the Plymouth Haven referred to 
in the Water Act of 1854 was simply the town harbour of Sutton 
Pool ; all reference to the Eode or place of refuge for shipping near 
Oreston, and the general haven extending past Drake's Island to 
