shape of a flat millstone rolling in a chiselled trough, explaining the 

 words — ' Who shall roll us away the stone,' ' for it was great.' Also he 

 explained the mode of hurial, the sealing, &c. This was also illustrated 

 by a model exhibition at the Vicarage. 



After visiting the church tea was provided in the church room, and some 

 of the party visited the Vicarage to see sundry heirlooms and curiosities, 

 including a first folio Shakespeare, title deeds, temp. Edw. III., &c. 

 Cabinets and manuscripts of Mrs, Lucy Hutchinson, authoress of 

 the memoirs, a silver gilt cup given hj Queen Elizabeth to her cousin. 

 Sir Francis Boteler, salvers and other plate belonging to James Brydges, 

 Duke of Cliandos, a court suit, temp. George II., a Piayer Book belonging 

 to Fairfax, a portrait by Janet of Grey, Earl of Dorset, father of Lady 

 Jane Grey, and others by Vandyke, Lely, Kneller, Romney, Lawrence, 

 &c., a large china bowl with portraits of the Emperors of the Ming 

 dynasty of China, 400 years old, and greatly desired by the Chinese 

 Government, Punic tessera3 from Carthage, &c., &c." 



The majority of those present left Tisbury by the 5.33 down train. 



New Member.?.— Five were elected at this meeting. 



Abbotsbury Meeting.— The third out-door meeting of the season 

 was held in the neighbourhood of Abbotsbury on Wednesday, August 9th, 

 1893, the number present being about 80. Breaks started from Dorches- 

 ter at 10.6 a.m. and diove through Upwey to Corton, where they were joined 

 by tlie Weymouth contingent, who had driven vid Chickerell and 

 Langton Herring Cross. By the kind permission of Mrs. Mayo the little 

 chapel of Corton was inspected, as well as the adjoining old house. The 

 latter contained some old mullioned windows and four-centered arches, 

 indicating a bnilding of the 16th century. The little chapel, containing 

 a pre-Reformation altar, was next visited and its history and description 

 given in a paper by Rev. W. M. Barnes, who said that he proposed to 

 raise a fund for repairing the edifice, so that it might be used for public 

 worship. The paper will be found later on in this volume. Tlie Rev. F. 

 W. Weaver drew attention to what were apparently traces of frescoes on 

 the walls. 



Leaving Corton, the party drove down the valley, past West Waddon 

 House, to Portesham Churchyard, where a paper, which is printed in this 

 volume, was lead by Mr. E. Cunnington " On Hell Stone." It had been 

 intended to visit the stone, but time being short tliis was omitted from 

 the programme. ]\Ir. Cunnington exhibited in illustration of his paper 

 somebeautifully polished neolithic Celts from Brittany.also a large painted 

 diagram of a section of one of the barrows on Mr. John Mayo's ground, 



