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fine leaf-shaped arrow head, by Dr. Wake Smart ; a iine Roman 

 amphora found in the Weymouth Backwater presented by the family 

 of the late Mr. Damon ; a bronze socketted celt by Mr. Fetherstonhaugli 

 Frampton ; a fine worked flint by Mr. Cunnington. Of mediaeval relics, 

 the stones of the Grey hound -yard Tudor Archway given by Mr. Fossett 

 Lock, which it was proposed to erect in the place of one of the plastered 

 arches of the Hall of the Museum ; two encaustic tiles from Dorchester 

 Friary given by Mr. Hogg. Of Legal Documents relating to Dorset, a 

 lease of Melbury Bubb by Alande Plunkett in 17 Ed. II. from Mr. A. M. 

 Luck ham, and several grants of Stuart times relating to Buckland 

 Newton and other places in Dorset given by Mr. J. Batten. In the Natural 

 History Department of Dorset a great acquisition would be found in the 

 collection of local fossils of J;he late Mr. Damon, which contained some 

 excellent specimens, amongst others a fine Ophiodcrma Weyniouthiensis, 

 a species discovered by a brother of Mr. Groves, of Weymouth. The 

 task of setting up and labelling the Damon fossils necessitated moving 

 every Dorset specimen in the cases. Amongst Liassic fossils two good 

 specimens had been acquired through Mr. Cunnington. The discovery by 

 the President of a new Saurian amongst the mass of bones brought to the 

 Museum from Gillingham was remarkable. The three bones which led 

 him to this Cuvier-like identification were now under lock and key. Of 

 recent Natural History Specimens they had received not a few, chiefly 

 Skins and Birds, procured through the zeal of Mr. Groves. Of these 

 three had been set up, one, a puffin with its winter bill, was specially 

 interesting. Mr. Moule closed his report with the hope that a larger 

 portion of objects of Dorset interest might find their way to enrich the 

 Collections of the County Museum. 



An adjournment at 2 p.m. was made for luncheon, after which the 

 President delivered his Annual Address, which will be found at p. 1 of 

 this volume. 



Subsequently two papers were read, viz. : 



" On Castle Hill, Cranborne," by Dr. Wake Smart. 

 " On Holme Priory," by T. Bond, Esqre., of Tyneham. 



These two papers are printed in Vol. XI. of the " Proceedings." 



THE PORTLAND MEETING. This Meeting was held on Wednesday, 

 July 16th. The weather was most favourable, a party numbering 

 upwards of a hundred arrived at the Portland Railway Station at 

 11 a.m. Thence the route led to the Verne Citadel, where, by the 

 kindness of Colonel Russell, R.E., was exhibited a collection of 

 antiquities discovered during the construction of that fortress. These 



