XXViii. FIRST WINTER MEETING. 



EXHIBITS. 



Major C. ASHBURNHAM exhibited the fine cinerary urn 

 which had recently been found in the Bronze -Age Barrow 

 at Melcombe Bingham. The paper which he read descriptive 

 of the opening of the Barrow is printed in the present volume. 

 Major Ashburnham presented the urn to the Dorset County 

 Museum. Captain ACL AND, in thanking Major Ashburnham, 

 on behalf of the Council of the Museum, for his much valued 

 gift, said that this new specimen, distinguished as it was by 

 careful design, would in all probability be the best Bronze 

 Age urn which they would have in the Museum, although 

 it was celebrated for its collection of Bronze-Age pottery. 



The PRESIDENT exhibited a leaden bulla of Pope Innocent 

 IV., 1243-54, and a volume of woodcut initial letters cut out 

 (though, it was unnecessary for him to say, not by himself) 

 from early books. 



Mr. HENRY SYMONDS exhibited a volume entitled " Manual 

 Exercises for the Dorsetshire Regiment of Militia," dated 

 1759, and printed by J. Hughs. It is a detailed and 

 exhaustive manual of arms drill for the old flint-lock muskets. 



PAPERS. 



The following papers were read : 



(i). The " Walks and Avenues of Dorchester," by Mr. Alfred Pope, 

 (ii). " Old Portland," by the Rev. Herbert Pentin. 

 (iii). " The Old Dorset Soldier," by Mr. F. J. Pope. 



The first and third of these papers will be found printed 

 on subsequent pages of this volume ; Mr. Pentin 's paper on 

 " Old Portland " was printed in the Volume of last year's 

 Proceedings. (Volume XXXVII., pages 228-253.) 



