xlix. 



By MR. BURNAND (Poole) : 



(viii.) Flint arrow-heads from gravel beds, Kentucky. These were 

 beautifully made and in very good condition. 



BY MR. B. A. HOGG : 



(ix.) A worked flint, of palaeolithic style, believed by him, however, 

 to be neolithic. Mr. CUNNINGTON said that he considered it palaeolithic, 

 (x.) Ancient British silver coin, found at Dorchester. 



BY MR. N. BOND : 



(xi.) Pieces of Roman Pottery found in the kitchen garden of 

 Creech Grange, when making alterations in 1858, on the site of a 

 supposed Roman Pottery. Amongst what was dug up were three 

 pillars supposed to be the supports of the kiln floor. 



(xii.) A large and massive gold ring, with the following note : 



" This ring was found at Holme about 1842 by a man digging in the 

 garden adjoining the Monks' fish pond. 



Holme was a cell belonging to the Priory of Montacute (Cluniac). 



It may be presumed from the religious subjects that the ring belonged 

 to the Prior. 



The lion rampant langued armed and crowned, engraved upon it as a 

 seal, was probably the arms, and the name was indicated by the 

 initials T. in front, and I. within the curl of the tail." 



The ornamental engravings upon its surface are much worn away. 

 On one side near the seal is a representation of the three persons of the 

 Blessed Trinity, on the other the B.V. Mary with the infant. 



The design upon the third compartment on the narrow part is perhaps 

 St. Christopher." 



BY MR. F. J. BECKFORD : 



(xiii.) Some relics from Egyptian tombs, including some of the 

 little figures placed with the mummies to help them to perform the 

 tasks they would be compelled to do after death. Also some shark's 

 teeth taken from the rocks on which the great pyramid stands. 



BY MR. A. M. WALLIS : 



(xiv.) Two photographs of a fine new species of fossil cycad, about 

 3ft. long, found by him at Portland. The specimen is now in the 

 British Museum. 



PAPERS. Six were read, which will be found at length in the present 

 volume. 



The first by the PRESIDENT "On a Romano-British Brick-kiln and a 

 British Barrow at Bagber, in the parish ot Milton Abbas." 



The second by the HON. TREASURER " On a Whirlwind at Bloxworth." 

 This paper produced several accounts of whirlwinds. The Hon. Secretary 



