xiiv. FIRST WINTER MEETING. 



PAPERS. 



(1). A Paper on " Portland, extracted from the Travels of 

 Peter Mundy, Cornishman, in England, in 1635, edited by Sir 

 Richard Temple, Bart., for the Hakluyt Society" (the extracts 

 being made by his kind permission) had been prepared by the 

 President, MR. NELSON M. RICHARDSON. In his unavoidable 

 absence it was read by the Hon. Secretaiy. (Printed). 



(2). A Paper on " The Apple Tree Wassail: A survival of a 

 Tree Cult," by MR. W. O. BEAMENT, M.A., was, in his absence, 

 also read by the REV. HERBERT PENTIN. (Printed). 



MR. S. RODD stated that orchard wassailing was still kept 

 up in his own parish, Chardstock. He referred, also, to 

 parishes which have a permanent Maypole, and alluded to the 

 old custom of " crying the neck," practised in Cornwall and 

 Devon as well as (he thought) in West Dorset and elsewhere 

 in the olden days an ancient ritual celebrating the garnering 

 of the last sheaf in the harvest field. 



(3). " The Church Screens of Dorset," by MR. E. T. LONG. 

 (Printed). 



