VOL. XVIII. (2) EXCURSION— SHERBORNE DISTRICT 



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4. So-called " Sterilisation." This consists in heating milk to the higher 

 temperature of about 100 degrees C. (which kills all the germs but not the 

 spores), but it so alters the nutritive constituents of the milk that it is un- 

 suitable except for limited periods, for infant feeding. 



A visit was then paid to the Castle ruins, which are situated on a low 

 circular hill, 



Photo. A. Gosney. 



Fig. I. — Lantern Entrance, Old Castle Ruins. Sherborne.* 



Little now remains of what must once have been an imposing pile. 

 Among the most striking features of the ruins is the creeper-clad Norman 

 gateway (fig. i), with Tudor windows, and a Norman pillar and vaulting in the 

 keep. 



I. Block kindly lent by Mr. E. J. Burrow. 



