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DURING THE YEAR 1888. 



By M. G. STUART, M.A., P.G.S. 



The Society has held four summer meetings during the season of 

 1888 viz., at Dorchester on June 6th, at Cerne Abbas in June, at 

 Wimborne in July, and at Weymouth in August, and was fortunate in 

 securing good weather for each of the days, which, considering the 

 continued rainfall of July and August, was a matter of congratulation. 

 The attendances at these meetings were large, and shewed an increasing 

 interest in the work of the Club. The number of papers bearing on 

 points of local interest has been larger in 1888 than in any previous year, 

 so that it was found impossible to include them all in the ordinary winter 

 meeting of December, and it was deemed advisable to hold a second 

 winter meeting at Dorchester in the month of February. In addition to 

 these a Committee Meeting was held at Dorchester in December for the 

 purpose of considering certain matters of business before laying them 

 before the members of the Field Club generally. 



The work of preparing a list of the Prehistoric Monuments of the 

 County under the recommendation of the British Association for the 

 Advancement of Science has made some progress, but it will probably be 

 impossible to issue any list which at all approaches completeness until 

 1890. The phonological schedules, which were issued at the commence- 

 ment of the year for recording observations on various natural phenomena, 

 have brought together a considerable amount of material, a digest of 

 which will be found in a paper contained at the end of the present 

 volume. It is hoped that since the start has l>een made in this direction 

 other members of the Society will be induced to send in their observations 

 from time to time in these matters. The Reports of Ilainfall have, in 

 many instances, been furnished by friends, who are not members of the 

 Field Club, and the Committee wish to take this opportunity of thanking 

 them for their assistance. 



