464 JOURNAL OF THE PLYMOUTH INSTITUTION. 
Itm for hyer of two horses to Carry provisions to the 
leate ; : : “ET 
Itm for bredd carryed to the leate : vii 
Itm p to m™ Whitakers for wyne to Carry £5 re 
leate : ; : «: oh tive 
*Itm for other pvisons sente ihe same tyme . ». yale 
Itm to Henry Ellys for a dozen of bredd spente at the 
Stvaye of the water. vij® 
Itm to John Hoop to Carry owte siERE to ae he 
bridge att mawdlynt . ; : iiij4 
Itm pd to workemen to make the brie : a 
[There are also entries of the cost of the materials—a beam cost 
2s., and other plank 5s. 6d. | 
Itm given to Robert lampyn in reward at the 
bringinge i in of the leate : ij® vj2 
Itm pd for x pounde wayghte of powder thatt was 
spente att the bringinge in of the Riu’ . | SORPeeETS 
Itm to John Rewbye for a dynner att the bringinge 
in of the Ryutt ‘ i ‘ oy Ey 
Itm to the gunn's thatt daye : ; xvja 
Itm more spent vppon theym then . : os Gighe aig 
Itm to Willyam Stockam servaio™ of the woorcke- 
men of the leate in rewarde . , > 
Itm to the pson of Meavye in Clothe asmuche as 
cost ; 12 
Itm to John Stevane one nities Stvaio® of the same 
woorcke . : , | eae 
These entries show that the Corporation acted as the hosts and 
employers when they celebrated—at the Weir Head or somewhere 
at Meavy, and not in Plymouth—the completion of their work ; 
the subject of rejoicing being apparently—not the arrival of the 
water in the town, but its entrance upon the channel which had 
been cut to convey it thither. Rewards are given to the “ parson 
of Meavy,” who had made them welcome, or smoothed their’way 
in some fashion unrecorded ; to the surveyors who superintended 
the two gangs of workmen by whom the leat was made; and to 
* To this point all these entries are consecutive. 
+ Mutley. The Maudlyn House was on or near the site of the Blind 
Institution. 
+ It will be seen that ‘‘ leat,” ‘‘river,” and ‘‘ water course” are frequently 
used as equivalent terms, 
