IN MEMOEIAM DR. COLLEY MARCH. 117 



exception of his last paper viz., an introductory sketch 

 on the excavation of the De \vlish Elephant Trench, written 

 as Chairman of the Earthworks Committee of the Club (Proe. 

 XXXVI., 209) all the papers by him contained in its Pro- 

 ceedings are antiquarian and relate to the following subjects : 

 " The Pagan-Christian Overlap of the Wise Bird, with 

 Dorset Illustrations " (XVIII., 116) ; " Various Roman 

 Pavements, their Ornamentation and Symbols " (XXI., 

 162; XXI., 205; XXV., 17; XXVII., 239); "The Hill 

 Fortress called Eggardun " (XXII., 28) ; " The Giant and 

 the Maypole of Cerne " (XXII., 101); "The Gandhara 

 Sculptures " (XXIV., 93) ; a paper read in connection with 

 the visit of the Club on August 20th, 1908, to the stone 

 circles and other prehistoric remains in the Portesham neigh- 

 bourhood under his guidance, entitled " The Ritual of Bar- 

 rows and Circles" (XXIX., 225); and " Scando -Gothic 

 Art in Wessex " (XXXIV., 1). These papers do not, how- 

 ever, by any means represent all his work for the Club. The 

 short notes, recorded and unrecorded, the antiquarian and 

 other exhibits, often accompanied by learned remarks and 

 explanations, the occasions on which he acted as guide at 

 the excursions of the Club and the information afforded 

 in little discourses on the various objects of interest visited, 

 are too numerous to mention. Under his superintendence as 

 Chairman of the Earthworks Committee was successfully 

 carried through the excavation of Maumbury Rings, which 

 proved it to have been constructed for the purpose of a 

 Roman Amphitheatre, the details being laid open to the 

 view gradually in the course of the work, which was carried 

 on during several years ; a full report by Mr. St. George Gray 

 appeared in the Proceedings of the Club. In May, 1902, 

 Dr. March was appointed Hon. Secretary of the Club, which 

 office he held for two years with great advantage to the 

 Club, as from his special knowledge and energy he did his 

 best to encourage real work amongst the members, with more 

 or less success. In 1904 he retired from the Secretaryship, 

 being succeeded by Rev. H. Pentin the present Hon. Secretary, 



