much moister in those days before tlie bulk of the trees was cleared away. 

 Sir Talbot deplored the fact that the rabbits were doing a great deal of 

 havoc on the Tout. The rabbit was a useful little animal and cost 

 nothing ; but it was doing considerable damage there, and as an 

 archfeologist he was bound to " put his foot on it." Canon Ravenhill 

 proceeded, after thanking Sir Talbot, to speak of the origin of the word 

 " Tout," which he said some derived from " Tiw," the name of the old 

 Celtic god, Avhich was represented by the Greek Hermes and the Roman 

 Mercury, or from the Teutonic god Tuiscu. Tout meant any height of 

 free and extensive observations and was used in this sense by Sir John 

 Maundeville in his " Voyages and Travels." There exist near this spot 

 the site of an ancient British village and a small Roman camp of obser- 

 vation, but it was not possible to bring these into the programme. 

 Luncheon was partaken of in a lield just below the Tout by permission of 

 Mr. Cross, of Armswell Farm. Armswell— Armingeswell, Ermingeswell, 

 or Hermingeswell— was formerly a manor in conjunction with Nether- 

 broke, and belonged to the Abbey of Glastonbuiy. On the dissolution of 

 the monasteries it was granted to Si'* John Horsey, of Clifton Maybank, 

 who had Melcombe as well as Armswell. Richard Arnold, who died in 

 1595, married Mary, his eldest daughter. From the Arnolds it passed to 

 the Framptons, of Moreton. James Frampton sold it to Mr. Farquharson, 

 of Langton, one of the principal founders of Plush Church. Monkwood 

 is a little north-west of Armswell. 



After luncheon the breaks Avere rejoined, and the party drove by 

 Monkwood Hill to Mappowder Church, where they were received 

 by the Rev. Alfred Roberts, the Rector. He said the church was 

 dedicated to St. Peter and Sb. Paul; but it A\as restored twenty- 

 five years ago, the chancel being entirely new. The lavacrum for holy 

 Avater, preserved in tlie south-east side of the porch, proved that the 

 church was of pre-Reformation date. Mr. Roberts pointed out that the 

 arch of the tower was Norman, whereas the arches of the nave were Per- 

 pendicular. He said that the font was very handsome, square, of Purbeck 

 marble, with pillars at each corner, and standing on a large stone column. 

 There is a hagioscope in the south aisle, and there are a few steps leading 

 to what was the rood loft. In this aisle is the tomb of the young Crusader. 

 It is unknown who he was, whether a boy, or a full-grown Crusader, in 

 a diminutive effigy, or how he was connected with Mappowder. 

 In the old chancel were monuments to the Coker family, who for many 

 generations owned the manor. The two large windows inserted on the 

 north and south side of tlie new chancel left no space for these tablets, 

 of great beauty and elaborate workmanship, which were removed to the 



