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April 30, 1849. 

 J. B. YATES, Esq., in the Chair. 

 Mr. J. J. Moss was elected a member of the Society. 



Mr. Yates exhibited many Autograph Manuscripts by 

 the late Mr. Boscoe. In the earlier ones there were a great 

 number of corrections, interlineations, and additions. In the 

 later ones so much correction does not seem to have been 

 required. 



Mr. J. J. Moss exhibited an ancient sculptured representa- 

 tion of the legend of St. George and the Dragon. The sculp- 

 ture, which is in alabaster, in bas relief, was found by a friend 

 of Mrs. Moss, many years ago, in a cottage inhabited by a 

 boatman named Mathews, on the Chester-road, near Bock 

 Eerry. It had been inserted in the wall, over the fireplace, 

 and was covered with pipeclay. 



The knight is in the act of killing the dragon, which lies 

 on its back at his feet ; his spear is broken in two, and he has 

 drawn his sword. The king and queen upon the top of the 

 castle are, with uplifted hands, as if in prayer, anxiously 

 watching the result of the contest. The king's daughter, with 

 a lamb at her feet, stands under the castle wall. 



Mr. Pidgeon entered into a detailed examination of the 

 armour of the principal figure. St. George is habited in a 

 complete suit of mail. His conical helmet, of the kind called 

 Bascinet a baviere, is surmounted by a pipe, in which is 

 inserted the Panache, a decorative plume of three feathers. 

 Over the gorget is a globular breastplate ; below the breast- 

 plate are the laces, or lassets, to which are fastened tuilles, 

 flaps, protecting the parts exposed between the high back and 

 front parts of the saddle. The latter is nearly identical with 



