liv. ABBOTSBURY TO BRIDPORT HARBOUR. 



summer with sea rovers who came from Scandinavia. Dr. March also called 

 attention to an earthen ring and two barrows within the lines of the camp, 

 but observed, contrary to Warne's opinion, that probably the barrows were 

 there long before the camp was constructed. 



A vote of thanks to Dr. March was moved by Captain 

 ELWES. 



SWYRE CHURCH. 



The Club then drove to Swyre, and there entered the 

 church, where, in the regretted absence of the Rector (the 

 Rev. T. Horton Roberts), who was away from home, some notes 

 which he had thoughtfully prepared were read by the 

 Rev. J. C. M. MANSEL-PLEYDELL.. 



The church, which dates from 1503, was (unfortunately) rebuilt in 1843 

 with the exception of the tower and chancel arches ; and the pillars of the 

 nave (so ran the notes) bear record to the execrable taste of the period. Of 

 the bells in the tower, the devout and public -spirited churchwardens early 

 last century sold one towards defraying the cost of repairing the roads ! 

 The members inspected with especial interest two nice brasses to John Russell, 

 who died in 1505, and James Russell "and Alys hys Wyfe," who deceased, 

 1509, the grandfather and father respectively of the first Earl of Bedford, 

 who was born at Berwick House, a former home of the Russells, who also 

 had another seat at Kingston Russell. The only other object that claimed 

 attention was the large and handsome monument, on the north wall of the 

 chancel, erected in 1692 to the memory of James Napier, brother of Sir 

 Alexander Napier, and an interesting example of the mural tablets of the 

 William and Mary period. 



PUNCKNOWLE. 



Of this picturesque little village, Sir Frederick Treves draws 

 an admiring picture, the truthfulness of which the members 

 present fully approved, especially in regard to the Manor 

 House. 



" Hidden in a garden behind the church is one of the daintiest and most 

 beautiful of the manor houses in the county, a marvel of ancient dignity 

 and peace." 



When, by the courtesy of Colonel Walter L. Mansel, the 

 party entered the grounds of his house and found themselves 



