XXviil. THE FIRST WINTER MEETING. 



BY ME. CHAELES PEIDEATJX : 



A Koman pot found at the bottom of the Grove, another found under the front 

 door of the new Masonic Hall, and a fragile slate incised with pretty patterns. 

 These he presented to the County Museum, and the President, on behalf of the 

 Council, thanked him for his valuable gift. 



BY ME. W. L. STEPHENS : 



Some fine photographs of the solar eclipse on August 30th taken by him at 

 West Bay. 



BY ME. T. S. ALDIS : 



Some curious coprolites, from the cliff at Burton Bradstock, containing 

 molluscan and other remains. 



BY CANON USHEEWOOD : 



Photographs of various objects -iron and stone implements, carved stones, and 

 symbols of Phallic worship recently found in Mashonaland. A Barotsi dagger ; 

 and wild almonds from Livingstone, where they were used for paving purposes. 



BY ME. BECKFOBD : 



A bottle containing a small specimen of the torpedo ray fish. Mr. Beckford 

 stated that only two other specimens are recorded as having been found on the 

 Dorset coast, one at Poole, the other at Weymouth. 



BY COLONEL MAINWAEING : 



Large water snail shells found by him when shooting in Meerut in the marshy 

 ground which the Ganges overflowed. 



BY ME. F. J. BAENES : 

 Some curiously -marked pebbles found on the Chesil Beach. 



REPORT OF THE DELEGATE TO THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION. 

 Mr. Ernest Sykes' report was then read : 



The first meeting of the delegates was held in Burlington House on October 30th 

 last. Dr. Smith Woodward, F.R.S., took the chair, and delivered an address 

 dealing with various aspects of the work of local Scientific Societies. 



A general discussion took place. Special points dealt with included the 

 "excursions" of the various Societies, and much interest was displayed in the 

 various ways in which Societies prevent these from degenerating into mere pic- 

 nics. One delegate mentioned that in the Society which he represented, a rule 

 had been made that under no circumstances should hospitality be accepted. Mr. 

 Whitaker said that small excursions in which only a few members belonging to 

 one section of the Society joined e.g., botanical, geological, &c. had in one 

 Society proved very beneficial and of great interest. The idea was that only 

 those persons who desired specially to know of them were notified, and they were 



