376 JOURNAL OF THE PLYMOUTH INSTITUTION. 
SOME PHASES OF INDIAN AND ANGLO-INDIAN 
: LIFE. 
SYLLABUS OF LECTURE BY MR. JAMES ROUTLEDGE, 
(Read October 14th, 1880.) 
THE “surprises” of Indian life. Successive waves of conquest. 
A glimpse of an earlier and a happier time. The arrival of 
Francis Drake in Plymouth, three hundred years ago. Lord 
Mayo’s generous and great rule. Personal recollections of Lord 
Mayo. His death and character. Visits to the great cities of the 
Ganges and Jumna. The scenes of the Mutiny. English graves 
in India. Faiths and festivals in native India. Missions and 
missionaries. Indian finance. The Civil Service. Parliamentary 
interference in India. 
DECIMAL WEIGHTS, MEASURES, AND COINAGE. 
SYLLABUS OF LECTURE BY MR. G. GALE REW. 
(Read October 21st, 1880.) 
IntRopuction. Ancient writers on the subject. Abstract numbers 
the true basis. One scale hitherto only used. Fingers used in 
calculation. Object of arithmetic. Our present units unwieldy. 
Statistical calculations most difficult. Acquaintance with the 
table-book. The various units in use have not the slightest con- 
nection with each other. A question asked. The position of other 
countries. Metric system. Eleven words the key to the whole 
