XXXI, 



Atriplex Babingtonii, A. deltoidea, A. portulaokles, Beta maritime, 

 Brassica nigra, Bromits mollis, Daucus carota, Euphorbia Portlandica, 

 Festuca, gigantea, Linum angustifoliiiin, Glaux tnariti/na, Ononis arveHsia, 

 Plantitgo maritima, Polygonum Roberti, Sagina maritima, Silene 

 maritima, Triglochiti maritimuin. 



The Fleet water was re-crossed about 4. 30 and a visit was then made to 

 Montevideo, the residence of Mr. and Mrs. N. M. Richardson, who had 

 invited the members to tea. A fine specimen of Cimoliosaurus 

 richardsonii, a fossil reptile, discovered by Mr. Richardson in the Oxford 

 clay in the neighbourhood, was exhibited on tables in the garden. 

 The President read a paper describing the chief anatomical features of 

 this specimen^ which will be found with an illustration at p. 178 of this 

 volume. Subsequently the fine entomological collections of Mr. 

 Richardson were examined, the cabinets of Lepidoptera exciting great 

 interest. This brought the day to a conclusion, as the party had to leave 

 about 6 p.m. for Weymouth Railway Station for their respective trains. 



A COMMITTEE MEETING was held in one of the rooms of the County 

 Museum buildings at Dorchester on Wednesday, December 19th. The 

 business consisted principally in drawing up the Table of Contents for 

 the tenth volume of Proceedings, and in considering the advisability of 

 holding a two days' meeting at Bridport during the ensuing summer. 



A GENERAL MEETING was held on the same day at twelve o'clock in 

 the Museum, which was well attended. The President was absent and the 

 chair was occupied by the Rev. O. P. Cambridge. Several new members 

 were elected. The paper on "The Extinct Dorsetshire Elephants," by 

 the President, was postponed in his absence. 



The Rev. O. P. Cambridge read a Paper on " The National Footpaths 

 Preservation Society." He said if any body of persons was specially in- 

 terested in keeping up rights of way, in the shape pf footpaths and commons 

 it was a Field Club. One object of a Field Club was to increase the love of 

 Nature far beyond the limits of its own membership. This is much 

 aided by the power to traverse the fields, or to go through the wood by 

 the footpath. On these grounds, therefore, as well as the broader ground 

 of a desire to preserve to all the right to go by the footpath, as being not 

 merely the pleasanter but often the shorter way, he ventured to ask the 

 members to give their support to the society. The object of the society 

 was to help people to preserve the right to footpaths, and to give them 

 sound advice, both as to the right, whether existent or not, and as to the 

 mode of proceeding to preserve it. The Society was established about 



