Other chiu'ches in the neighbourhood witu 

 Norman remains wei'e at Coldred, Guston and 

 AVestcliffe. A perfect gem of late Norman work 

 was the small church at Barfrestone. In the 

 beautiful south doorway (which probably owed 

 its excellent state of preservation to a porch that 

 once enclosed it), the wheel window at the east 

 end, the grotesque figures, and the ardorned 

 chancel arch in the interior, they saw examples 

 of the finest Xorman sculpture. Further into 

 the country there were churches with 

 traces of 12th century work at Adisham, 

 Chillenden, Elmstone, Gooduestone, Ickham and 

 Staple. Continuing along the coast from Dover 

 and reaching Hythe they would be puzzled to 

 plan the Norman Church from the remaining 

 Norman portions. In this district considerable 

 Norman remains were to be found at Hawkinge, 

 Lynipne, Paddlesworth, Saltwood, and Swingfield 

 Churches. The Church of New Komney had a 

 Norman [nave and at the west end a tower of 

 the Transitional period. It was to be noted that 

 this tower was a great development upon the 

 early plain Norman tower. Appledore, Brook- 

 land, Burmarsh, Dymchxu-ch, and St. Mary's 

 Chiurches might be considered worthy of 

 a visit for their remains of the twelfth 

 centniry. Probably not many visitors to Ruck- 

 inge Church saw its two fine Norman doorways, 

 as they are not used at present. The 

 one to the south of the nave aisle 

 appeared to have never undergone restoration 

 since placed there by Norman hands ; and the 

 other to the west of the church (in the tower) 

 was well proportioned. A typical early Norman 

 church was to be found at Brook with the plain 

 fortress looking tower at the west end and small 

 round headed windows high up in the nave wall 

 This church was almost entirely Norman. Bra- 

 bourne Church had a lofty Norman arch to the 

 chancel of the same date ; and outside could be 

 seen the flat buttresses which in the succeeding 

 centuries developed into such artistic proportions. 

 Among the Norman remains of the church at 

 Smeeth was the chevroned arch between nave and 

 chancel ; and above the east window the head of 

 a Norman window was stiU visible. Other 



places in the same neighbourhood where traces 

 of 12th century work might be distinguished 

 were ilersham (plain door to south porch), 

 Sellinge, "Waltham, and Woodchurch. Going 

 across country they passed Godmersham, which 

 had Norman details in its church, and 

 came to Molash, where they had a very plain 

 Norman font. In regard to the churches of 

 Faversham and district. King Stephen was said 

 to have been buiied in Faversham Church, and it 

 was not therefore surprising that there were Nor- 

 man parts in that church. Davington Priory 

 Church was almost solely Norman and possessed 

 something unique in a Norman holy -water 

 stoup. The Norman chancel door to Ospringe 

 Church was of a larger and more ornate 

 style than was usual for doors in that position. 

 There were other Norman remains at that church 

 and at the following churches in the same dis- 

 trict ; — Graveney, Liiddenham, Norton, Care, and 

 Sheldwich. At Goodnestone there was a small 

 Norman church, and they should particularly 

 notice the small windows in the walls. These 

 were mere slits when viewed from the extenor, 

 but inside they were very deeply splayed. They 

 could, perhaps, understand why churches were 

 used as places of refuge when they saw such 

 churches as that in which very little of the 

 outside world could enter when once the door was 

 barred. In concluding Mr. Underbill said if they 

 were unstinted in their praise of the buildings 

 that had existed through so many changing ages, 

 and still were with them to-day, should they not 

 also think of the Faith that they had nursed 

 through the centuries, and expressed the hope 

 that both might be preserved for succeeding 

 generations (applause). 



At the conclusion of the lecture Mr. Sidney 

 Harvey proposed a vote of thanks to Mr. Under- 

 bill, and remarked that some of the views which 

 had been thrown on the screen reminded them of 

 several pleasurable excursions which had been 

 made by the Society. 



Dr. Wills congratulated Mi. Underbill on the 

 clearness and excellence of the photographs, and 

 he referred to the difficulty very often of taking 

 photographs in the interior of churches. 



'COLOURS AND DYES."— By F. J. JEFFS, Esq., B.Sc. 



A meeting of the Society was held in the 

 Chemical Lecture Theatre of the Simon Langton 

 School on Wednesday, March 9. The chair was 

 taken by Mr. S. Harvey, F.I.C., F.C.S , and Mr. 

 Jeffs gave a popular account of colour and colour- 

 ing materials. Experiments were shown to illus- 

 trate the splitting up of white light into its com- 

 ponent colours and their reunion to form white 

 light again. The colours seen at sunset were ex- 

 plained by the presence of minute dust particles 



in the air, and a method of imitating these coloiurs 

 in the lantern was exhibited, the blue of the sky 

 and the red of the sun being both formed by a fine 

 powder suspended in water. The colouring of a 

 number of objects was shown on the screen by 

 means of the " aphengoscope,'' an instrument 

 which shows solid objects as well as lantern slides. 

 Next the various colours of flames were exhibited, 

 indicating how it is possible to judge the nature 

 of heated substances at a distance and hence to 



