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were those of the Durn Gate. That Durngate was not necessarily in a line 

 with the street of that name. In the Middle Ages the North Gate was 

 in Glyde Path. It appeared to him from the enormous massiveness of 

 the Roman fortifications that the medireval residents would not be 

 so foolish as to make new gates, and therefore the mediaeval gate 

 was probably the successor to, if not the identical Roman gate, 

 and consequently it stood at Glyde Path, near the cottage at Colliton 

 House. A paper on "Studland Church," by Mr. W. Masters Hardy, 

 was next read by the Secretary. This will be found at p. 164. At 

 the conclusion of the paper Mr. Albert Bankes said as this was the 

 parish church of his old home he should like to speak in praise of 

 those who had undertaken the work of the preservation of this church 

 Mr. Digby as rector, Mr. Luckham as churchwarden, Mr. Crickmay as 

 architect, and Mr. Hardy as builder. Referring to a statement of Mr. 

 Hardy, that at a time when there was no rectory a travelling priest 

 did duty and occupied a chamber in the church, he said this was no 

 doubt true, because until 50 years ago there was no resident clergyman, 

 and the late Clerk told him he remembered when they had to catch a 

 service when they could. The church was served at that time by a 

 Curate from Swanage, and the Rectors being Pluralists the services were 

 uncertain. 



A paper on " Dorset Implements of Stone in the Museum " was then 

 read by H. J. Moule, Esq. This is given at p. 16. 



A paper on the subject of " Rooks Planting Acorns " was then read by 

 the Rev. O. P. Cambridge, F.R.S. This paper is printed on p. 132 of 

 this volume. 



At the conclusion of this paper, the programme for the day having 

 been completed, the meeting closed. 



A SECOND WINTER MEETING was held in the Museum at Dorchester 

 on Tuesday, February 24th, 1891. Unfortunately, the President was 

 absent through ill health, and the Treasurer was detained through the 

 illness of his eldest son. Mr. Albert Bankes took the chair at the 

 commencement of the meeting. Five new members were elected to the 

 Club. A proposal, suggested by the Rev. F. A. H. Vinon, that an 

 account of the explorations lately carried out at Silchester, under 

 the direction of the Society of Antiquaries, should be laid before 

 the Club by a lecturer who superintended the operations, was first 

 considered. The general feeling of the meeting was opposed to spending 

 any part of the funds of the Club on a subject outside the bounds of 

 the county. 



