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appears most probable that they are the so called " hoard " mentioned 

 by Hutchins, Vol. II., p. 769 ; they have been examined by Mr. Henry 

 Symonds, who informs me that 95 are " 3rd Brass " pieces of the two 

 emperors Victorinus, who died 267 A.D., and Postumus, d. 268 A.D. ; 

 they certainly have a most remarkable similarity in condition and 

 appearance. 



Mr. T. H. R. Winwood has given us a very small but prettily worked 

 flint scraper, less than 1 inch long ; also a small flint rubber, or mulling 

 stone. We have purchased a " Neolithic grinding stone," so named by 

 the authorities at the British Museum ; it has two well shaped hollows 

 for holding with the thumb and finger. It was found near Lulworth. 

 The principal objects of interest found during the excavation at Maum- 

 bury in 1913 are now in the Museum ; they do not throw any fresh light 

 on the history of the site. 



The Rev. H. Pentin has very kindly sent us two encaustic tiles from 

 Milton Abbey, one of them shewing (as he informs me) the coat of arms 

 of the family of Clare ; and from Cerne Abbey, we have also some very 

 interesting specimens ; he also sent 3 " Friendly Society Staves," one 

 bearing the name J. Butt. Occasionally such staves have fine orna- 

 mental brass tops, and if any member of the Field Club could assist us 

 to obtain some for the County Museum they would make a valuable 

 addition to our collection of " By-gones," which has received recently 

 an example of shoes worn by oxen when ploughing, and other trifles. 

 As a loan from Colonel Pinney we have a handsome shako worn by the 

 Dorset Yeomanry about the year 1838, and from Captain Daniell, R.N., 

 specimens of iron round shot, in halves, found near Netherbury. 



The Library has been enriched by a considerable number of books, 

 dealing with a variety of subjects, of which I will only mention two of 

 special interest to us " Do 'set volk." The Bishop of Durham gives a 

 charming little publication " Memorials of a Vicarage," being recollec- 

 tions of his early years in Fordington, 1829 onwards, a truly excellent 

 example of what home life should be. The other comes from Miss 

 Coombes, viz., " Unpublished Poems," by Rev. W. Barnes, published 

 in 1870, at the School, Winterborne Monkton ; also " Song of Solomon " 

 rendered in the Dorset dialect, dated 1859 ; on the title page is written 

 in M.S.," Privately printed by Prince Lucien Bonaparte, only 250 copies 

 struck off." He visited Dorchester in 1859 to meet our Dorset poet, 

 being an eager student of local dialects, and it was at his suggestion 

 that Mr. Barnes undertook this somewhat remarkable paraphrase. 



In " Leader Scott's " life of her father (p. 183) it is stated that the 

 Prince was a good linguist, and devoted many years to a comparative 

 study of local dialects. The subject he chose for comparison was " The 

 Song of Solomon, " which he had translated into scores of different 

 dialects. 



