XXV11. 



in that great delicately made urn ? Who was the man with the bronze 

 femorillal Who was the lady with the pair of armillce ? Who indeed ? 

 Ostorius might know. Aulus Plautius might know. They, mayhap, 

 stood by the graves and saw them filled for Mr. Bull, foreman of the 

 borough drainers, to uncover in the year of grace 1896. He (Mr. Bull) 

 has lit upon more Durnovarian pottery, more Durnovarian bronzes, more 

 Durnovarian graves, and, chiefly, more bits of Durnovarian roads, than 

 any man alive, yes, not excepting Mr. Cunnington. Mr. Bull should be 

 moved by* the Field Club to write a book. Private persuasion has been 

 is often applied." 



An interesting discussion followed the reading of the paper. 



Mr. Cunnington fully endorsed what Mr. Moule had said in relation to 

 the fortifications surrounding Dorchester, and he produced original maps 

 which he drew some years ago with the assistance af Captain Hooper, 

 of the Royal Engineers, and which showed the position of the wall 

 surrounding the town. Incidentally he alluded to the large number of 

 circumstances which had occurred in the history of Dorchester to 

 eradicate the signs of Roman sites in it, and amongst these were the 

 facts that in 1003 the King of Denmark besieged, took, and burned the 

 town and pulled down its walls, that in the time of Edward the 

 Confessor (1042) only 88 houses were left in it, and that the number of 

 fires which had occurred was considerable. 



Mr. Moule illustrated his remarks on the ancient fortifications 

 discovered at South Court by a section drawn by himself. 



Mr. Richardson, as secretary of the Museum, thanked those who had 

 made gifts to the Museum during the year, especially Mr. A. Pope for 

 the Roman pavement. Their thanks were also due to Mr. Jukes Browne 

 for the great pains he had taken in connection with the Museum. 



ELECTION OF OFFICERS. The officers were all unanimously re-elected ; 

 Mr. Mansel-Pleydell as President, proposed by Sir T. Baker and seconded 

 by Mr. J. H. Phillips ; Rev. O. P. Cambridge as Hon. Treasurer and 

 Mr. N. M. Richardson as Hon. Secretary, proposed by Sir T. Baker and 

 seconded by Mr. E. H. Wilton. 



SUMMER MEETINGS. It was decided to hold one-day meetings at 

 Silchester, Blandford, and Pilsdon, and a two-days meeting at 

 Glastonbury. The latter was, however, eventually dropped, as it was 

 found inconvenient to visit Silchester in one day on account of the 

 distance. A two-days meeting at Salisbury was also suggested, but 

 was postponed on account of the meeting there of the Wilts 

 Archaeological Society, which had been already fixed. For the Pilsdon 

 meeting an invitation to tea from the Rev. C. Druitt, of Whitchurch 



