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the pressure of tlie supenncumbent mass of earth, from five 

 to six feet in thickness. — Mr. ß. Shout contributed some 

 fine Rubbings of Sepulchral Brasses from Westminster. — A 

 cui'ious Carved Oak Panel, representing Abraham ofFerlng 

 up his son Isaac, and whlch for many years adorned the 

 kitchen of the Old Angel Inn, Yeovil, was exhibited by 

 Mr. H. M. Watts. — Another very fine piece of carved 

 work was contributed by the Rev. J. Williams. — Mr. 

 DowTY, of Bridgwater, sent a great variety of antique 

 curiosities. — Älr. Alfred A. Clarke, artist, of Taunton, 

 exhibited a Portfolio of Original Sketches in pencil outline, 

 of Somersetshire subjects ; and a Portfolio of Pencil Draw- 

 ings ofmediaeval remains, ecclesiastical, and manorial. — The 

 Society was also indebted to Mr. James Yates, f.r.s., 

 for the exhibition of some plants of the order Cycadeaj, 

 «SiC, and of a Leopard's skin, which had been worn 

 by one of the Grandees of Abyssinia, it still being the 

 practice in that country to wear this costume at com't 

 and on the field of battle, a costume preserved in 

 those ancient Greek sculptures, which represent Baccha- 

 nalian processions. — A small but valuable coUection of 

 Fossils was exhibited by Mr. C. Moore, of Ilminster. 

 Among others, a small Teleosaurus, found in the Lias, 

 contaiaing in its stomach a small fish; and a series of 

 minute sheUs of the family Foraminifera, from the 

 neighbourhood of YeovU. — Dr. Sydenham, of Yeovil, 

 exhibited a fine and very perfect, though not large, 

 specimen of the Ichthyosaurus ; and his father, the 

 Rev. J. Sydenham, contributed a valuable coUection 

 of Manuscript Books, comprising : LA large Folio 

 MS. written in Roman letter, the Homilies of St. Chry- 

 Bostom, written at the cost of Christopher Ursvvyhe, 

 for the Monastery of Haies, in Gloucestershire; in the 

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