Mr. Moule read again the paper wliicli heliad prepared on the chapel on the 

 occasion of the last meeting of the Club at Abbotsbury, in 1886. This 

 paper will be found in Vol. VIII. of the Club's "Proceedings." After 

 INIr. Moule had read his paper and pointed out the beauties of the stone 

 roof and other parts of the building the party -walked down to the hotel, 

 where tea was awaiting them. Those who were able to remain a little 

 longer paid a short visit of inspection, under the guidance of Dr. 

 Hawkins, to the church and ruins of the old Monastery, and the meeting 

 finally broke up at about half-past six o'clock. 

 New Members. — Nine were elected at this meeting. 



Central Dorset Meeting.— The fourth and last of the summer 

 meetings of the Club was held in Central Dorset on Wednesday, August 

 30th, 1893, and comprised visits to Plush, Nettlecombe Tout, Mappowder, 

 Hazelbury Bryan, and Bingham's Melcombe. The weather was all that 

 could be desired, and the party numbered between 80 and 90. A start 

 was made from Dorchester at 9.25 a.m., a break also leaving Blandford 

 at 9.0 a.m. to convey the members from that neighbourhood. The 

 rendezvous was fixed at Plush Church at 11.0 a.m., where the Rev. Canon 

 Ravenhill read a paper " On the Parish Church of Hazelbury Bryan," 

 which will be found in the present volume. 



Leaving Plush, the party drove on to the Fox and Hounds Inn, whence 

 they walked up the hill opposite and along a ridge, from which 

 descended on the further side a splendidly-shaped combe like a huge 

 amphitheatre. The highest point attained was 860 feet above the sea- 

 level, and fine views could be seen for many miles. After a Avalk of 

 some distance along the top of the hill, the earthwork, which was not 

 of any striking dimensions, was reached, and Rev. Sir Talbot Baker 

 read some notes on the subject. He said that when he was asked to 

 prepare some remarks about the Tout he felt sonie diffidence about 

 complying, because till then he had not even seen the hill, and even 

 the best aichtieologists co\ild say very little about those camps. For the 

 most part there were no remains to afibrd a clue to those who constructed 

 the camps ; no coins, for example : Hutchins told them that no coin had 

 ever been found on the Tout. Again, there were no inscriptions, and 

 without inscriptions and coins dates could not be fixed. Celts and arrow 

 heads and fiint implements could only give them an idea of distant periods, 

 and even bronze implements would tell tlieni only of far distant dates. 

 He tliought, theiefore, that he would rather speak of those who in all 

 probability built those camps and give a kind of conjecture as to wliat the 

 camps were built for. He supposed that there could be no doubt that 



