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Buildings had been set apart for an exhibition of objects of local 

 antiquarian or scientific interest. Amongst these were included the 

 Borough Maces, Borough Charters, and grant of arms, the doom or dome 

 book containing entries from temp. Rich. II. 1817, record and account 

 books of religious fraternities and various ancient deeds belonging to the 

 Corporation, Coker's Survey of Dorset, old pottery of historic interest 

 collected in the neighbourhood lent by Mrs. Colfox, collection of Roman 

 and pre-historic remains found in West Dorset, collection of local flowers 

 and ferns lent by Miss Reid, a collection of local butterflies and moths 

 lent by Mr. J. T. Male, coins of Constantine the Great lent by Mr. J. T. 

 Stephens, &c., &c. 



The President of the Institute opened the meeting by welcoming the 

 members of the Dorset Field Club. He then introduced Mr. Muir Lester, 

 of Lyme Regis, who gave an address on the group of organisms, formerly 

 classed in Sach's Botany as Myxomycetes, in the study of which he had been 

 engaged for some time, and had been enabled to produce some valuable 

 results in classifying the various forms. The individuals of the group, 

 several of which he brought to the meeting enclosed in glass cells, he had 

 obtained from the surfaces of dead leaves and decaying wood in the 

 woods in autumn. After his excellent address Mr. Lester exhibited one 

 or two forms under the microscope, and a series of excellent drawings 

 made by himself illustrative of the leading forms of the whole group. 

 The printed programme specially prepared for the evening meeting 

 included the following papers on subjects of local interest : 



" The Bridport Corporation Records," by Mr. T. Wainwright, of 

 Bamstaple. 



" Old Bridport," by Mr. W. Colfox, B. A. 



" Local Geology," with special reference to the coast excursion of 

 the succeeding day, by the Rev. H. Shaw Solly, M.A. 



" Local Flora," by Miss F. Reid. 



" Local Butterflies," by Mr. J. T. Male. 



These were read in the upper room of the Institute, which is used as an 

 Art School, the walls of which are hung with pictures and engravings of 

 local subjects. At the close of the meeting the President returned thanks 

 to the Council of the Bridport Institute on behalf of the Dorset Field 

 Club for the excellent programme they had provided for them that 

 evening. 

 The meeting closed at 10.30 p.m. 



THURSDAY, JULY llxn, looked far more propitious than the preceding 

 day, and several members joined by the morning train who had been 



