An Accounting of the Sources of Steller Sea Lion, Eumetopias jubatus, Mortality

During 1991–2000, the west-are additional mortalities that fueled the ern stock of Steller sea lions, Eumetopias decline. We tabulated the levels of reported jubatus, declined at 5.03% (SE = 0.25%) anthropogenic sources of mortality (sub- per year, statistically significant rates (P < sistence, incidental take in fisheries, and 0.10) in all but the eastern Aleutian Islands research), estimated another (illegal shoot-region. The greatest rates of declines oc-ing), then approximated levels of predation curred in the eastern and central Gulf of Alas-(killer whales and sharks). We attempted to ka and the western Aleutian Islands (> 8.2% partition the various sources of “additional” per year). Using a published correction mortalities as anthropogenic and as addifactor, we estimated the total non-pup pop-tional mortality including some predation. ulation size in Alaska of the western stock We classified 436 anthropogenic mortalities of Steller sea lions to be about 33,000 ani-and 769 anthropogenic plus some predation mals. Based on a published life table and mortalities as “mortality above replace-the current rate of decline, we estimate that ment”; this accounted for 26% and 46% of the total number of mortalities of non-pup the estimated total level of “mortality above Steller sea lions during 1991–2000 was replacement”, respectively. The remaining about 6,383 animals; of those, 4,718 (74%) mortality (74% and 54%, respectively) was are mortalities that would have occurred if not attributed to a specific cause and may be the population were stable, and 1,666 (26%) the result of nutritional stress.

In utero domoic acid toxicity: a fetal basis to adult disease in the California sea lion (Zalophus californianus)

California sea lions have been a repeated subject of investigation for early life toxicity, which has been documented to occur with increasing frequency from late February through mid-May in association with organochlorine (PCB and DDT) poisoning and infectious disease in the 1970's and domoic acid poisoning in the last decade. The mass early life mortality events result from the concentrated breeding grounds and synchronization of reproduction over a 28 day post partum estrus cycle and 11 month in utero phase. This physiological synchronization is triggered by a decreasing photoperiod of 11.48 h/day that occurs approximately 90 days after conception at the major California breeding grounds. The photoperiod trigger activates implantation of embryos to proceed with development for the next 242 days until birth. Embryonic diapause is a selectable trait thought to optimize timing for food utilization and male migratory patterns; yet from the toxicological perspective presented here also serves to synchronize developmental toxicity of pulsed environmental events such as domoic acid poisoning. Research studies in laboratory animals have defined age-dependent neurotoxic effects during development and windows of susceptibility to domoic acid exposure. This review will evaluate experimental domoic acid neurotoxicity in developing rodents and, aided by comparative allometric projections, will analyze potential prenatal toxicity and exposure susceptibility in the California sea lion. This analysis should provide a useful tool to forecast fetal toxicity and understand the impact of fetal toxicity on adult disease of the California sea lion.

Domoic acid contamination within eight representative species from the benthic food web of Monterey Bay, California, USA

Benthic food webs often derive a significant fraction of their nutrient inputs from phytoplankton in the overlying waters. If the phytoplankton include harmful algal species like Pseudo-nitzschia australis, a diatom capable of producing the neurotoxin domoic acid (DA), the benthic food web can become a depository for phycotoxins. We tested the general hypothesis that DA contaminates benthic organisms during local blooms of P. australis, a widespread toxin producer along the US west coast. To test for trophic transfer and uptake of DA into the benthic food web, we sampled 8 benthic species comprising 4 feeding groups: filter feeders (Emerita analoga and Urechis caupo); a predator (Citharichthys sordidus); scavengers (Nassarius fossatus and Pagurus samuelis) and deposit feeders (Neotrypaea californiensis, Dendraster excentricus and Olivella biplicata). Sampling occurred before, during and after blooms of P. australis in Monterey Bay, CA, USA during 2000 and 2001. DA was detected in all 8 species, with contamination persisting over variable time scales. Maximum DA levels in N. fossatus (674 ppm), E. analoga (278 ppm), C. sordidus (515 ppm), N. californiensis (145 ppm), P. samuelis (56 ppm), D. excentricus (15 ppm) and O. biplicata (3 ppm) coincided with P. australis blooms, while DA levels in U. caupo remained above 200 ppm (max. = 751 ppm) throughout the study period. DA in 6 species exceeded levels thought to be safe for higher level consumers (i.e. ≥20 ppm) and thus is likely to have deleterious effects on marine birds, sea lions and the endangered California sea otter, known to prey upon these benthic species.

A method to improve size estimates of walleye pollock (Theragra chalcogramma) Atka mackerel (Pleurogrammus monopterygius) consumed by pinnipeds: digestion correction factors applied to bones and otoliths recovered in scats

The lengths of otoliths and other skeletal structures recovered from the scats of pinnipeds, such as Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus), correlate with body size and can be used to estimate the length of prey consumed. Unfortunately, otoliths are often found in too few scats or are too digested to usefully estimate prey size. Alternative diagnostic bones are frequently recovered, but few bone-size to prey-size correlations exist and bones are also reduced in size by various degrees owing to digestion. To prevent underestimates in prey sizes consumed techniques are required to account for the degree of digestion of alternative bones prior to estimating prey size. We developed a method (using defined criteria and photo-reference material) to assign the degree of digestion for key cranial structures of two prey species: walleye pollock (Theragra chalcogramma) and Atka mackerel (Pleurogrammus monopterygius). The method grades each structure into one of three condition categories; good, fair or poor. We also conducted feeding trials with captive Steller sea lions, feeding both fish species to determine the extent of erosion of each structure and to derive condition-specific digestion correction factors to reconstruct the original sizes of the structures consumed. In general, larger structures were relatively more digested than smaller ones. Mean size reduction varied between different types of structures (3.3−26.3%), but was not influenced by the size of the prey consumed. Results from the observations and experiments were combined to be able to reconstruct the size of prey consumed by sea lions and other pinnipeds. The proposed method has four steps: 1) measure the recovered structures and grade the extent of digestion by using defined criteria and photo-reference collection; 2) exclude structures graded in poor condition; 3) multiply measurements of structures in good and fair condition by their appropriate digestion correction factors to derive their original size; and 4) calculate the size of prey from allometric regressions relating corrected structure measurements to body lengths. This technique can be readily applied to piscivore dietary studies that use hard remains of fish.

Changes over time in the spatial distribution of walleye pollock (Theragra chalcogramma) in the Gulf of Alaska, 1984-1996

Triennial bottom trawl survey data from 1984 to 1996 were used to evaluate changes in the summer distribution of walleye pollock in the western and central Gulf of Alaska. Differences between several age groups of pollock were evaluated. Distribution was examined in relation to several physical characteristics, including bottom depth and distance from land. Interspecies associations were also analyzed with the Bray-Curtis clustering technique to better understand community structure. Our results indicated that although the population numbers decreased, high concentrations of pollock remained in the same areas during 1984–96. However, there was an increase in the number of stations where low-density pollock concentrations of all ages were observed, which resulted in a decrease in mean population density of pollock within the GOA region. Patterns emerging from our data suggested an alternative to Mac-Call’s “basin hypothesis” which states that as population numbers decrease, there should be a contraction of the population range to optimal habitats. During 1984–96 there was a concurrent precipitous decline in Steller sea lions in the Gulf of Alaska. The results of our study suggest that decreases in the mean density of adult pollock, the main food in the Steller sea lion diet, combined with slight changes in the distribution of pollock (age-1 pollock in particular) in the mid-1980s, may have contributed to decreased foraging efficiency in Steller sea lions. Our results support the prevailing conceptual model for pollock ontogeny, although there is evidence that substantial spawning may also occur outside of Shelikof Strait.

The Whitby life of Gregory the Great: exegesis and hagiography

The eight-century Whitby Vita Gregorii is one of the earliest examples of Anglo-Saxon hagiography, and is the earliest surviving life of Gregory the Great (590-604). The work has proved itself an anomaly in subject matter, style and approach, not least because of the writer’s apparently arbitrary insertion of an account of the retrieval of the relics of the Anglo-Saxon King Edwin (d.633). There has, however, been relatively little research on the document to date, the most recent concentrating on elements in the Gregorian material in the work. The present thesis adapts a methodology which identifies patristic exegetical themes and techniques in the Vita. That is not only in material originating from the pen of Gregory himself, which is freely quoted and cited by the writer, but also in the narrative episodes concerning the Pope. It also identifies related exegetical themes underlying the narrative of the Anglo-Saxon material in the document, and this suggests that the work is of much greater coherence then has previously been thought. In the course of the thesis some of the Vita Gregorii’s major patristic themes are compared with Bede and other insular writers in the presentation of topics that have been of considerable interest to insular historians in recent years. That is themes including: the conversion and salvation of the English people; the ideal pastor; monastic influence on formation of Episcopal spiritual authority; relations between king and bishop. The thesis also includes a re-evaluation of the possible historical context and purpose of the work, and demonstrates the value of a proper understanding of the Vita’s spiritual nature in order to achieve this. Finally the research is supported by a new structural analysis of the entire Vita Gregorii as an artefact formed within literary traditions.

Developing the Cost of Large Carnivore Conflict Rapid Response Units - A Namibian Case Study

Namibia is home to half the world’s remaining wild cheetahs and - provides critical habitat for lions, leopards, spotted and brown hyena and African Wild Dogs. Despite such ecological importance, only 5% of cheetah's, <1% of African Wild Dogs', and similar percentages of remaining habitat for other large carnivores exists on officially protected lands. As a result, human/carnivore conflict is a large problem on private lands, where 60% of surveyed farmers will shoot any large carnivore on sight. This project explores building a carnivore rapid response team equipped to mitigate human/carnivore conflict through researching the financial costs of such an endeavor, with an eye on capitalizing potential benefits to all 6 Namibian large carnivore species.

Developments since 2005 in understanding potential environmental impacts of CO2 leakage from geological storage

This paper reviews research into the potential environmental impacts of leakage from geological storage of CO2 since the publication of the IPCC Special Report on Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage in 2005. Possible impacts are considered on onshore (including drinking water aquifers) and offshore ecosystems. The review does not consider direct impacts on man or other land animals from elevated atmospheric CO2 levels. Improvements in our understanding of the potential impacts have come directly from CO2 storage research but have also benefitted from studies of ocean acidification and other impacts on aquifers and onshore near surface ecosystems. Research has included observations at natural CO2 sites, laboratory and field experiments and modelling. Studies to date suggest that the impacts from many lower level fault- or well-related leakage scenarios are likely to be limited spatially and temporarily and recovery may be rapid. The effects are often ameliorated by mixing and dispersion of the leakage and by buffering and other reactions; potentially harmful elements have rarely breached drinking water guidelines. Larger releases, with potentially higher impact, would be possible from open wells or major pipeline leaks but these are of lower probability and should be easier and quicker to detect and remediate.

Tracing early stages of species differentiation: Ecological, morphological and genetic divergence of Galapagos sea lion populations

Background: Oceans are high gene flow environments that are traditionally believed to hamper the build-up of genetic divergence. Despite this, divergence appears to occur occasionally at surprisingly small scales. The Galápagos archipelago provides an ideal opportunity to examine the evolutionary processes of local divergence in an isolated marine environment. Galápagos sea lions (Zalophus wollebaeki) are top predators in this unique setting and have an essentially unlimited dispersal capacity across the entire species range. In theory, this should oppose any genetic differentiation.
Results: We find significant ecological, morphological and genetic divergence between the western colonies and colonies from the central region of the archipelago that are exposed to different ecological conditions. Stable isotope analyses indicate that western animals use different food sources than those from the central area. This is likely due to niche partitioning with the second Galápagos eared seal species, the Galápagos fur seal (Arctocephalus galapagoensis) that exclusively dwells in the west. Stable isotope patterns correlate with significant differences in foraging-related skull morphology. Analyses of mitochondrial sequences as well as microsatellites reveal signs of initial genetic differentiation.
Conclusion: Our results suggest a key role of intra- as well as inter-specific niche segregation in the evolution of genetic structure among populations of a highly mobile species under conditions of free movement. Given the monophyletic arrival of the sea lions on the archipelago, our study challenges the view that geographical barriers are strictly needed for the build-up of genetic divergence. The study further raises the interesting prospect that in social, colonially breeding mammals additional forces, such as social structure or feeding traditions, might bear on the genetic partitioning of populations.

Existence results for elliptic equations with singular terms

Esta dissertação estuda em detalhe três problemas elípticos: (I) uma classe de equações que envolve o operador Laplaciano, um termo singular e nãolinearidade com o exponente crítico de Sobolev, (II) uma classe de equações com singularidade dupla, o expoente crítico de Hardy-Sobolev e um termo côncavo e (III) uma classe de equações em forma divergente, que envolve um termo singular, um operador do tipo Leray-Lions, e uma função definida nos espaços de Lorentz. As não-linearidades consideradas nos problemas (I) e (II), apresentam dificuldades adicionais, tais como uma singularidade forte no ponto zero (de modo que um "blow-up" pode ocorrer) e a falta de compacidade, devido à presença do exponente crítico de Sobolev (problema (I)) e Hardy-Sobolev (problema (II)). Pela singularidade existente no problema (III), a definição padrão de solução fraca pode não fazer sentido, por isso, é introduzida uma noção especial de solução fraca em subconjuntos abertos do domínio. Métodos variacionais e técnicas da Teoria de Pontos Críticos são usados para provar a existência de soluções nos dois primeiros problemas. No problema (I), são usadas uma combinação adequada de técnicas de Nehari, o princípio variacional de Ekeland, métodos de minimax, um argumento de translação e estimativas integrais do nível de energia. Neste caso, demonstramos a existência de (pelo menos) quatro soluções não triviais onde pelo menos uma delas muda de sinal. No problema (II), usando o método de concentração de compacidade e o teorema de passagem de montanha, demostramos a existência de pelo menos duas soluções positivas e pelo menos um par de soluções com mudança de sinal. A abordagem do problema (III) combina um resultado de surjectividade para operadores monótonos, coercivos e radialmente contínuos com propriedades especiais do operador de tipo Leray- Lions. Demonstramos assim a existência de pelo menos, uma solução no espaço de Lorentz e obtemos uma estimativa para esta solução.

Recueil de lettres originales.

Contient : 1 Lettre du roi « CHARLES » IX au « prince de Genevois [Jacques de Savoie]... Chasteau de Boulongne lez Paris, le XIIIe jour de fevrier 1571 » ; 2 Lettre d'« YSABEL,... à... monseigneur le duc de Genevois et de Nemours,... D'Amboyse, ce XIXe jour de decembre 1571 » ; 3 Lettre du roi « CHARLES [IX]... à... monseigneur Vyart, mon conseiller et president à Metz... A Ennet, le Xe jour de may 1571 » ; 4 Lettre de « CATERINE,... à... madame de Nemurs,... De Lions, cet XXme jour de jouin 1571 » ; 5 Lettre de « CATERINE [DE MEDICIS]... à monseigneur le president de Metz... Au Faulxbourg St Honoré, le XIXe jour de mars 1571 » ; 6 Lettre de « RENEE DE FRANCE [duchesse DE FERRARE]... à mon filz monseigneur le duc de Nemours,... De Montargis, ce premier jour de mars 1571 » ; 7 Lettre, en. italien, de « LUIGI, cardinale D'ESTE,... alla... duchessa di Chiartres,... Di Parigi, a XVI di marzo del LXXI » ; 8 Lettre, en italien, DE GUILLAUME, « duca DI MANTOVA », au duc de Nemours. « Di Mantova, il 23 di marzo del 1571 » ; 9 Lettre de « CATERINE [DE MEDICIS]... à... madame la duchesse de Nemours,... De St Ligier, cet IIme jour d'avril 1571 » ; 10 Lettre de « CATERINE [DE MEDICIS]... à monseigneur Vyart, conseiller du roy... et president à Metz... A St Legier, le dernier jour d'avril 1571 » ; 11 Lettre de « CATERINE [DE MEDICIS]... à... madame de Nemours,... De Gallon, cet XXV de may 1571 » ; 12 Lettre de « CATERINE [DE MEDICIS]... à... madame de Nemours,... D'Enboise, cet XXVIIIme de decembre 1571 » ; 13 Lettre, en italien, de « LUIGI, cardinale D'ESTE,... a... madama di Ferrara, duchessa di Chiartres,... Di Parigi, a II d'aprile del LXXI » ; 14 Lettre, en italien, de « LUIGI, cardinale D'ESTE,... à... madama di Ferrara et duchessa di Chiartres,... Di Parigi, a VIII di aprile del LXXI » ; 15 Lettre, en italien, de « LEONARDA DA ESTE,... a... madama di Ferrara,... Di Ferrara, ai 28 aprile 1571 » ; 16 Lettre, en italien, d'« ALFONSO D'ESTE,... alla... duchessa di Ferrara,... Di Ferrara, alli XXV aprile M.D.LXXI » ; 17 Lettre, en italien, de « FRANCESCO DA ESTE,... alla... signora duchessa di Ferrara,... Di Ferrara, li XXVII d'aprile nel LXXI » ; 18 Lettre de « RENEE DE LORRAINE,... à madame ma seur... la duchesse de Nemours,... A Reims, ce VIIIe de may 1571 » ; 19 Lettre des « pasteurs et anciens assemblés au colloque de Beauvoisis, L[OUIS] CAPPEL au nom de tous... à madame... la duchesse de Ferrare,... A Chars, ce XXIIme jour de may 1571 » ; 20 Lettre, en italien, de « LUIGI, cardinale D'ESTE,... all' illustrissimo... duca di Nemours,... Di Gaglione, a XXIIII di maggio del LXXI » ; 21 Lettre d'« ANNE D'EST [duchesse DE NEMOURS]... à madame [Renée de France, duchesse de Ferrare]... De Paris, ce XXVme jour de juing 1571 » ; 22 Lettre, en italien, de « LUIGI, cardinale D'ESTE,... all' illme... duca di Nemours,... Di Blandi, a XXII di luglio del LXXI » ; 23 Lettre, en italien, de « LUIGI, cardinale D'ESTE », à la duchesse de Ferrare. « Di Blandi, a XXII di luglio del LXXI » ; 24 Lettre, en italien, de « LUIGI, cardinale D'ESTE,... a... madama di Ferrara, duchessa di Chiartres,... Di Fontanableo, a XXII di luglio del LXXI » ; 25 Lettre, en italien, de « LUIGI, cardinale D'ESTE,... a... madama di Ferrara, duchessa di Chiartres,... Di Fontanableo, a XXIIII di luglio del LXXI » ; 26 Lettre, en italien, de « LUIGI, cardinale D'ESTE,... a... madama di Ferrara, duchessa di Chartres,... Di Parigi, a XXVII di giugno del LXXI » ; 27 Lettre, en italien, de « LUIGI, cardinale D'ESTE,... a... madama di Ferrara, duchessa di Chiartres,... Di Fontanableo, a III di agosto M.D.LXXI » ; 28 Lettre de « JAQUES DE SAVOYE [duc DE NEMOURS]... à madame... la duchesse de Ferrare,... De Nisse, se dousiesme d'aut 1571 » ; 29 Lettre de « NICOLAS DE LORRENE [comte DE VAUDEMONT]... à monsieur... le duc de Nemours,... De Treures, ce XXIe aoust 1571 » ; 30 Lettre, en italien, de « LUIGI, cardinale D'ESTE,... a... madama di Ferrara, duchessa di Chiartres,... Di Montpipo, a XXIII d'agosto del LXXI » ; 31 Lettre, en italien, de « LUIGI, cardinale D'ESTE,... a... madama di Ferrara, duchessa di Chiartres,... Di Bles, a II di settembre del LXXI » ; 32 Lettre, en italien, de « la duchessa D'URBINO,... a la... duchessa di Ferrara,... Di Pesaro, li XV di marzo del LXXI » ; 33 Lettre, en italien, de « LUIGI, cardinale D'ESTE,... a... madama di Ferrara, duchessa di Chiartres,... Di Madone, al p° di novembre 1571 » ; 34 Lettre, en italien, de « LUIGI, cardinale D'ESTE,... a... madama di Ferrara, duchessa di Chiartres,... Di Madone, a VIII di novembre del LXXI » ; 35 Lettre, en italien, de « BARBARA, duchessa DI FERRARA,... [a madama di] Ferrara, duchessa di Chiartres,... Di Ferrara, a XXVIII di novembre M.D.LXXI » ; 36 Lettre, en italien, de LOUIS, cardinal D'EST, « a... madama di Ferrara, duchessa di Chiartres,... Di Madone, a VI di decembre del LXXI » ; 37 Lettre, en italien, de « LUIGI, cardinale D'ESTE,... a... madama di Ferrara, duchessa di Chiartres,... Di Ambuesa, il di XII di genaro 1572 » ; 38 Lettre, en italien, de « LUIGI, cardinale D'ESTE,... a... madama di Ferrara, duchessa di Chiartres,... Di Ambuosa, a XXVI di genaro 1572 » ; 39 Lettre de « NICOLAS DE LORENE [comte DE VAUDEMONT]... à monsieur... le duc de Nemours,... De Nancy, ce einquieme de mars 1572 » ; 40 Lettre de « MONTMORENCY,... à monsieur le duc de Nemours,... De Bloys, le XXIIIe jour de mars 1572 » ; 41 Lettre, en italien, de « LUIGI, cardinale D'ESTE,... all' illmo... duca di Nemours,... Di Parigi, il di VIIII d'aprile 1572 » ; 42 Lettre, en italien, de « LEONORA D'ESTE,... a... madama di Ferrara, duchessa di Chiartres,... Di Ferrara, a XXVIII d'aprile del LXXII » ; 43 Lettre, en italien, de « LUCRETIA D'ESTE,... a... madama di Ferrara et duchessa di Chiartres,... Di Pesaro, il primo di maggio 1572 » ; 44 Lettre de « RENEE DE FRANCE [duchesse DE FERRARE]... à... monseigneur le duc de Nemours et de Genevoys,... A Montargis, ce VIIIe jour de may 1572 » ; 45 Lettre, en italien, de « LEONORA D'ESTE,... a... madama [di Ferrara], duchessa di Chiartres,... Di Ferrara, a VIII di giugno del LXXII » ; 46 Lettre de « RENEE DE FRANCE [duchesse DE FERRARE]... à... monseigneur le duc de Nemours et de Genevoys,... De Montargis, ce XXVIe jour de juing 1572 » ; 47 Lettre de « JAQUES DE SAVOYE [duc DE NEMOURS]... à madame... la duchesse de Ferrare,... De Sainte Jule, se 4me de jullet 1572 » ; 48 Lettre de « NICOLAS DE LORRENE [comte DE VAUDEMONT]... à monsieur... le duc de Nemoux,... De Nancy, ce IIIIe juillet 1572 » ; 49 « Lettre d'« ANNE D'EST,... à madame [la duchesse de Ferrare]... De Paris, ce Ve jour de juillet 1572 » ; 50 Lettre de « RENEE DE FRANCE [duchesse DE FERRARE]... à... monseigneur le duc de Nemours et de Genevoys,... De Montargis, ce IXe jour de juillet 1572 » ; 51 Lettre de « RENEE DE FRANCE [duchesse DE FERRARE]... à... monseigneur le [duc] de Nemours et de Genevoys,... A Montargis, ce Xe jour de juillet 1572 » ; 52 Lettre d'« ANNE D'EST,... à madame [Renée de France, duchesse de Ferrare]... De Paris, ce XIIe jour de juillet 1572 » ; 53 Lettre, en italien, de « LUIGI, cardinale D'ESTE,... all' illmo... duca di Nemurs et Gienevois,... Dal Borgetto, a IIII di agosto 1573 » ; 54 Lettre, en italien, d'« ALFONSO PUTTI,... a... madama Renea di Franza, duchessa di Chartres,... Di Ferrara, li XV agosto M.D.LXXII » ; 55 Lettre d'« ANNE D'EST,... à madame [Renée de France, duchesse de Ferrare]... De Paris, ce IIe septembre 1572 » ; 56 Lettre d'« ANNE D'EST,... à madame [Renée de France, duchesse de Ferrare]... De Paris, ce XIIIIe septembre 1572 »

Livre des Morts de Nésyménou. Egyptien 119

Fragment 3 : chapitre 17. Le bandeau supérieur montre le double horizon figuré par deux lions assis, ainsi qu'un phénix et la momie du défunt sur son lit funéraire.Fragment 2 : chapitre 17. Le bandeau supérieur montre les vases canopes, le chat attrapant un serpent et Nout voutée au dessus d'un lion.Fragment 1 : Colonne 1 + vignette : chapitre 18. La vignette montre trois divinités assises.Col. 2 + vignette (très fragmentaire) : chapitre 18. On distingue sur ce qui reste de la vignette le défunt debout probablement en train de faire une adoration.Fragment 4 :Col. 1 + vignette : chapitre 18. La vignette montre trois divinités assises.Col. 2 + vignette : idem.Col. 3 + vignette : idem.

Recueil d'anciennes poésies françaises.

Contient : Mériadeuc ou le Chevalier aux deux épées. (Cf. Histoire littéraire, XXX, 237) ; Roman du Chevalier au lion, par CHRÉTIEN DE TROYES ; Roman d'Énéas. — Incomplet des 1,729 premiers vers ; ms. E de l'édition de Salverda De Grave (1892) ; Fragment du roman de Brut, par WACE ; Enfances Oger le Danois ; Roman de Fierabras ; Fableaux. Du vilain à la couille noire. « Un fablel vous voel commenchier... » ; « Du prestre ki abevete. Ichi après vous voel conter... » ; « Des III. avules. Unes matere contera[i]... » ; « Du vallet qui d'aise a malaise se mel. Voulés vous oïr du vallet... » ; Les quatre souhaits « de S. Martin. Un preudomme ut en Normendie... » (Incomplet de la fin) ; Dame Aubrée. (Incomplet du début) ; « Du lait de l'ombre. Je ne voel pas des aviser... » ; « Ch'est du vilain ki quida estre mors. Se fabliaus puet vérités estre... » ; « Ch' est du lai d'infier. Ahay! ha hai! je suis venus... » (Incomplet de la fin) ; « Li jouenes maires du Hamiel. » (Incomplet du début.) — Ibid. « Ch'est du priestre c'on portet. Du priestre vous di et recort... » ; « Du prestre et du chevalier. Traiiés en cha, s'oiiés i. conte, Si com Milles d'Amiens le conte... » ; De la mâle dame qui fut escoillée. « Uns riches chevaliers estoit... » ; « Ch'est du songe. En songes doit fables avoir... Voie de Paradis de RAOUL DE HOUDENC ; « Du noble lion. Li lions c'on apele nobles... » ; « De mâle Honte. En Engletere fu manans... » ; « Ch'est Ysopés en romans. Cil qui sevent de l'Escripture... » Fables de MARIE DE FRANCE. (103 fables) ; « De le femme qui cunquie sen baron. Je vous dirai s'il vous siet... » (Incomplet de la fin) ; On lit au dernier fol. 302 : « En ce volume cy y a quatre livres en rime, c'est assavoir : du roy Artus, des XII Peres de France, du Chevalier à deux espéez et des Fables de Ysopet ; lequel est monsr. Charles de Croy, comte de Chimay. CHARLES »

Anne McPherson family fonds, 1852-2011 [non-inclusive]

Frank C. (Case) McCordick (1873-1946) was the son of William Henry (1849-1930) and Emily D. Howell (1851-1927) McCordick. William H. McCordick was in the coal business. The McCordick family included Frank Case, Mabel Gertrude, Ethel Howell and Arthur Stanley. Frank C. McCordick was educated in St. Catharines, and worked with his father in the coal business and eventually opened up a leather tanning operation. McCordick was active in the Lincoln Regiment and in 1906 was promoted to captain and in command of Company A, 19th Regiment. He was promoted to major and at the outbreak of war he was sent overseas as a commander of the 35th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Forces (CEF). Upon arrival in France he was made officer commanding the 15th Battalion, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (KOYLI). After the war and his return to Canada he continued to play an active role in the local military units in the area as well as in Hamilton. After his retirement from the military in 1927 McCordick served as alderman and then mayor of St. Catharines from 1930 to 1931. He was a member of a large number of civic clubs, including St. Catharines Chamber of Commerce, Y.M.C.A., Lion’s Club, St. Catharines Golf Club, Detroit Boat Club, the St Catharines Club, as well as a member of several Masonic lodges. He continued to operate McCordick Tannery and other local investments. In 1903 Frank C. McCordick married May Beatrice Simson, daughter of Thomas E. Simson of Thorold. They had three children, E. (Edward) Frank McCordick, Bruce McCordick and (Margaret) Doris McCordick (m. Hubert Grigaut, d. 1977). The McCordick family resided at 82 Yates Street, near Adams Street. May Simson McCordick (b. 1873) was the daughter of Thomas Edward (1836-1908) and Julia Headlam (1844-1887) Simson of Thorold. Her siblings included: Edward, Frances, John, Augusta, Georgia and Gertrude. E. (Edward) Frank McCordick (1904-1980) was born in St. Catharines, Ont., attended Lake Lodge School in Grimsby, Ridley College in St. Catharines, Beechmont Preparatory School in England, Upper Canada College in Toronto and graduated from Royal Military College in Kingston, Ont. in 1925. Upon graduation he was made a lieutenant in the 10th (St. Catharines) Field Battery. In 1929 he married Helen Stanley Smith, daughter of Stanley George and Mary Walker Smith of St. Catharines. Col. McCordick, now promoted to Major, played an active role in the 10th (St. Catharines) Field Battery, being officer commanding the battery. In late 1939 McCordick headed to England for artillery tactical training and on December 6, 1939 the battery began the long trek overseas. McCordick saw action in Italy and in Holland. Upon his return to Canada at the end of the war he was the Liberal candidate in the federal election for Lincoln County. He remained active in the local military serving as honorary lieutenant-colonel of the 56th Field Regiment (ARCA) and in 1976 as the honorary colonel of the regiment. Col. McCordick held the Efficiency Decoration, the Order of the British Empire, granted in 1945 and was made an officer in the Order of St. John in 1978. He continued to serve his community in various capacities, including the Unemployment Insurance Canada Board, Royal Trust Company and the St. John Ambulance Society. He remained an active member of the alumni of Royal Military College, editing and compiling a newsletter and organizing reunion weekends. He kept in close contact with many of his classmates. Helen Stanley Smith McCordick lived in St. Catharines, Ont., attended Robertson School, and graduated from the University of Toronto in 1926 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Modern Languages. During the war years (1939-1945) Helen was active in the Transport division of the local branch of the Canadian Red Cross and the Women’s Auxiliary of the 10th Field Battery. In 1932 E. Frank and Helen McCordick welcomed their only child, (Catharine) Anne McCordick. Helen continued to play an active role in her community until her passing in 1997. Stanley George Smith (1865-1960) was born in St. Catharines, Ont., the only child of William Smith (d. June 16, 1876) a native of Edinburgh, Scotland and his wife Hannah Louisa Maria Bulkeley a native of Fairfield, Connecticut. Stanley George Smith married Mary Walker of Guelph, Ont.(d. 1956) Mary was the daughter of Hugh and Elizabeth (d. 1924) Walker. Her siblings included Margaret, Agnes, Jessie, Isabella, Lorne, Ada, Alice, Eva, Alexander and George. Hugh Walker was a prominent fruit and vegetable merchant in Guelph. On 1904 their only child, Helen Stanley Smith was born. He was a post office clerk, and the treasurer for the James D. Tait Co. Ltd., a clothing and dry goods retailer in St. Catharines. The family lived at 39 Church Street in St. Catharines, Ont.

World War I Memorial Plaque

World War I Memorial Plaque (17 ½ cm in diameter). This is a bronze plate encased in a 26 ½ cm x 24 cm wooden frame. The inscription on the plate is “He died for freedom and honour, Samuel DeVeaux Woodruff”. [In 1916 the British Government decided to issue a memorial plaque to be given to the relatives of those who died in the Great War. On the plaque is a figure of Britannia who is facing left and holding a laurel wreath over the box where the serviceman’s name is placed. In her right hand she holds a trident which represents Britain’s sea power. There are 2 dolphins facing her on her left and right hand sides. A lion stands in front of her. He faces left with a menacing growl. A very small lion that faces right is located below the larger lion’s feet. He is biting into a winged creature which represents the German Imperial eagle. Near the lion’s right paw there are the initials E CR P which stand for Mr. E. Carter Preston who designed the plate. Some of the plaques include a stamped batch number in front of the lion’s rear left paw. This plaque was produced in batch 17].