Jubbulpore at the time of the Indian Mutiny. Retiring in 1881, he settled at Newton Abbot, and joined the Association at the Crediton meeting in 1882. He took a lively interest in the Newton Abbot meeting last year, although then in somewhat impaired health.

He died suddenly on the 13th November following, in the 57th year of his age.

IV.

R. M. MARSH-DUNN was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Devon, and was for many years a resident at Teignmouth, where he took an active part in all matters affecting the welfare of the town.

He joined the Association in 1873, and was one of the Vice-Presidents that year. For several years subsequently he constantly attended the annual meetings, until increasing infirmities obliged him to abstain from all excitement.

He died at his residence, Carlton Lodge, Teignmouth, in July last year, a few days before the meeting at Newton Abbot commenced.

TENTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON

SCIENTIFIC MEMORANDA.

TENTH REPORT of the Committee, consisting of Mr. George Doe, the Rev. W. Harpley, Mr. H. S. Gill, Mr. E. Parfitt, and Mr. J. Brooking Rowe, for the purpose of noting the discovery or occurrence of such facts, in any department of scientific inquiry, and connected with Devonshire, as it may be desirable to place upon permanent record, but which may not be of sufficient importance in themselves to form the subjects of separate papers.

Edited by J. BROOKING ROWE, F. L. S., F.S. A., Hon. Secretary of the Committee. (Read at Seaton, July, 1885.)

THE Committee present herewith the communications received. The number of the Committee being much reduced, it is recommended that the Association invite other members to act upon it.

(Signed)

R. N. WORTH, Chairman.
J. BROOKING ROWE, Hon. Sec.

I. BOTANICAL.

AN APPLE-TREE BEARING TWO CROPS OF FRUIT IN ONE YEAR.

"A tree, apparently in its normal condition and health, produced a moderate crop of fruit the end of August; it after this broke out in blossom again, and in the end of October it had produced fruit again as large as walnuts. (E. PARFITT.)"

II. GEOLOGICAL.

THE RAISED BEACH ON PLYMOUTH HOE.

"In the summer of 1884 excavations on Plymouth Hoe exposed a fine section of the historic raised beach' of that locality, first noticed nearly seventy years since, and it

may be desirable to place upon record in the Transactions of the Devonshire Association the chief facts then observed, for the benefit of future students of our local geology. The section described was 8 feet 6 inches in thickness. Its upper face when first cut into was 40 feet above the highest level of the existing beach below; but it ascended landward with the rise of the hill, and its termination was not reached; so that the extreme height above the existing beach level must have been 45 to 50 feet. The section had four well-marked divisions-the uppermost being a head of earth and small angular stones, immediately beneath the turf, 18 inches in thickness. The beach itself was divided into three. First, came 2 feet of sand and very small pebbles in layers, eight in number, fairly equal in thickness, approximately horizontal, commencing with sand, and ending with a mixture of the two constituents. Below this was a series of nine layers of pebbles and sand alternating, 3 feet 10 inches in total thickness. The pebbles did not average more than one to two inches in length; but many were much smaller, while a few ranged up to 4 and 5 inches in longest diameter. As a rule the materials were well assorted, and only in three of the larger was there any noteworthy admixture of pebbles and sand. Lastly, came a bed of large water-worn blocks of stone, chiefly limestone, and ranging in size up to a couple of hundredweight, and even more. This stratum was 2 feet in thickness, and rested on a shelf of rock which sloped seawards.

"The different layers exhibited varying degrees of cohesion. The upper beds, as a rule, were crumbly, but consolidated patches were of frequent occurrence. The lower beds were at points so solid that they defied the pick, and had to be broken up by blasting. Here and there the layers of smaller pebbles appeared to have been considerably influenced by pressure, having assumed an aspect of remarkable solidity, in which the individuality was partially lost. The main cause of cohesion was, however, the infiltration of water charged with carbonate of lime from the limestone bluff.

"The chief constituent of the beach was the Triassic trap of Cawsand Bay. Limestone, except in the boulder bed, was very scarce, and slate occasional only. Red and grey grit was more common, and there was a small proportion of quartz grains. The predominance of the porphyritic trap was the most notable feature.

Among the shells yielded by the beach were those of whelk, limpet, oyster, cockle, and periwinkle; and a few

nodules of umber, the result of limestone decomposition, were mixed with the pebbles. (R. N. WORTH.)

III. NUMISMATICAL,

"The four following seventeenth-century tokens of Devonshire, hitherto quite unknown to the writer, have been met with since our last Transactions were published.

"1. Obv. 'NICHOLAS. SAVORY. N. S.'

"It is usual in these tokens to put the date in the field; but in this case it differs, as will be seen above. The Savory family still remain in Exeter. The token is in the writer's collection.

"2. Obv. 'MARY. BAKER. = 1667.' "Rev. "IN. PLYMOUTH.' = M. B.

"3. Obv. 'THOMAS. PHILLIPPS'

Mercers' Arms.

"Rev. 'IN. PLYMOTH.' (sic.) = T. M. P.

“4. Obv. 'WILLIAM. TOMS.' Family Arms. “Rev. ' IN. PLYMOVTH.1663.' = W. T.

"Nos. 2, 3, 4 are in the British Museum, and were published with many others, not in Boyne's standard work, in the Numismatic Chronicle, No. 16, third series, for 1884. William Tom, or Toms, appears in the list of mayors for Plymouth in 1677-78. (See Worth's History of Plymouth, p. 129.) The halfpenny of W. T. is described in Boyne, page 58, No. 174, without the S to the surname. Here, as will be seen, it is spelt TOMS. (H. S. GILL.)"

"Early in May last a very interesting discovery was made on Dartmoor. In the course of digging a drain in the ground attached to some houses recently built on the outskirts of Princetown, by the side of the road leading from that place to Two Bridges, a Byzantine copper coin was found. It was coated with earth, and thickly patinated; but on examination proved to be in a remarkably good state of preservation. It is very rudely executed, and is undoubtedly genuine. The circular outline is somewhat irregular, but its diameter may be approximately stated at 1 inch.

"The obverse contains the bust of the emperor in whose reign it was issued, the features having a decidedly truculent expression. A sceptre is held in one hand, and what appears to be a spear in the other, but this part of the coin is

detrited, if it ever was perfect.

Round the head is the legend: DMTIBCO + NTAN. Two letters apparently follow, but cannot be deciphered, though probably they are P and A. The reverse has the following device and inscription:

Above the upper I on the right hand, and joining it, is a character like the Hebrew lamed, but this is not unlikely the result of a flaw in the die.

"As the inscription shows, it is a coin of Tiberius Constantinus, son-in-law of Justinus II., and his colleague A.D. 574. In 578 he was made Augustus, and left master of the East in the same year by the death of Justinus. He died 582. The date of the coin is therefore 581. So far as I am aware, this is the first coin of this emperor recorded in this county. (R. N. WORTH.)"

"1. Silver coin of George II., black from tarnish. "Obv. King's head to heraldic dexter.

"Leg. 'GEORGIVS. II. DEI. GRATIA.'

"Rev. A central star surrounded by four shields, crowned; e.g., England, Scotland, France, Hibernia, and Hanover.

"Leg. 'M.B.F. ET H. REX.F.D.B.ET L. D.S.R.I.A.T. ET E.1757.' "Found on Sidmouth beach after a storm, February 18th, 1884.

"2. Small silver coin of Charles II.; much worn.

Obv. King's head profile to heraldic dexter. II. behind head.

"Leg. '[CAR] OLVS.D.G.M.B... .

"Rev. Royal Arms, much defaced.

"Record of a few localities in South Devon where flint scrapers, flakes, small implements, &c., have been met with.

DARTMOOR.

"Yes Tor.-Flint flakes are to be found in considerable number on the northern slopes of this tor, and where the surface of the soil has been removed they are very easily perceived. On the south side of Yes Tor I found one of the