xlviii. THE SECOND WINTER MEETING. 



Museum, to which it had been presented by the late Mr. Charles 

 Warne. 



Mr. Alfred Pope, F.S.A., exhibited a charm of lapis lazuli 

 worn by Hindoo women, with a calendar and the signs of the 

 Zodiac inscribed upon it. 



PAPERS. 



Canon J. M. J. Fletcher read a paper on " St. Cuthburga of 

 Wimborne Minster," based upon a translation which he had 

 made of a Latin manuscript now in the Lansdowne Collection 

 in the British Museum, and formerly preserved in Romsey 

 Abbey. 



Mr. J. S. Udal, F.S.A., read a paper entitled " Dorset 

 Weather Lore ;" several members took part in a discussion 

 upon the subject. 



The Rev. 0. Pickard-Cambridge contributed a paper on 

 " New and Rare British Arachnids," which was read by the 

 President, in the absence of the author. 



Mr. Richardson also read the introduction, prepared by 

 himself, to notes upon the Lepidoptera of Purbeck, by 

 Mr. Eustace Bankes. 



A paper dealing with the brewers of Sherborne in 1383, by 

 Mr. E. A. Fry, was read on his behalf by the Hon. Secretary. 



Mr. W. de C. Prideaux had promised a further instalment of 

 his descriptions and rubbings of Dorset memorial brasses, 

 but illness in his family prevented him from attending the 

 meeting. 



