use, together with a coloured drawing of the correct Arms of Dorchester, 

 which the author kindly presented to the Museum 



(4.) " Notes about the possible finding of Traces of Destroyed Earth- 

 works and Buildings," by H. J. Moule, Esq. 



(5.) " A short account of the very successful restoration of Charminster 

 Church," by W. Albert Bankes, Esq., which is given below : 



" I feel that the parishioners of Charminster owe so much to the Field 

 Club, and to the Rev. Sir Talbot Baker, Bart., in particular, for the 

 interest they took and the advice they gave prior to the commencement 

 ot the restoration of Charminster Church, that the least that we can do 

 is to acknowledge our indebtedness to the club, and to state in as few 

 words as possible the almost miraculous change that has taken place in 

 this church, both externally aud internally, during the amazingly short 

 period of some eight months. This time last year a hideous gallery 

 altogether blocked out the beautiful western arch supporting the tower. 

 The pillars, stonework, and walls were inches thick in whitewash, the 

 roof leaked like a sieve, and the pews were of the worst and most 

 uncomfortable loose-box style. Some 3,000 was the sum required to 

 improve this state of things, and where was so large a sum of money to 

 come from. But in England any project which is practical and really 

 wanted seldom fails from lack of funds. In the case of Charminster 

 Church the greater part of the money was raised in the parish itself, the 

 remainder being given by outside friends or made by bazaars, concerts, 

 and collecting cards. The work owed much to its committee, Mr. 

 Ponting, the Diocesan Architect, Mr. Merrick, of Glastonbury, the 

 builder, Captain Dymond, the energetic treasurer, and last, but by no 

 means least, to the almost total absence of wet until nearly the 

 completion of the whole work. On scraping the walls several texts were 

 found under the whitewash. They seem to have been painted up any- 

 where and anyhow, and some are perfectly crooked. Over the chancel 

 arch is a very rough fresco of our Lord carrying a pennant and hold in" 

 out His hand in blessing a kneeling figure. Over the fresco were the 

 Commandments (not the Prayer Book version), and later still, on the top 

 of these, the Royal Arms. Four Norman slit windows, two on each 

 side of the nave, were discovered, re-opened, and glazed, and add to the 

 general appearance of the church, as well as making the interior of the 

 building much lighter. A squint was re-opened on the north side of the 

 chancel arch, as also the top and bottom doorways of the old roodloft 

 staircase. I cannot do better than here quote from a letter I have 

 recently received from Sir Talbot Baker : " I do not wonder," he writes, 

 " that the work meets with universal approbation. I myself was 



