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escape having its pebbles striated. However, the President added, the chalk in 

 Dorset was covered by the flint and clay bed, and that must be the one brought 

 into action under the conditions that Dr. March brought before them. 



Dr. MARCH admitted that the scratches only showed dynamic pressure ; but the 

 presence of massive chalk boulders among the stones pointed to intense cold, 



BY MR. E. CUNNINGTON : 



3. Some interesting worked Flints. 



BY THE HON. SECRETARY : 



4. A fine and well-preserved fossil coral from the Coral Rag, Osmington, 

 found by him. It is believed to belong to the genus Isastraa, and is somewhat 

 mushroom shaped and about 9| inches in diameter. 



5. "Hyginii poeticon Astronomicon," one of the earliest books on Astronomy, 

 dated June 7th, 1488, and printed at Venice by "Thomas de Blavis de 

 Alexandria." It contains 47 quaint woodcuts of the constellations, the sun, and 

 planets, &c. It is a small quarto volume in Latin, printed in Eoman type with 

 floriated woodcut capital letters, and is of great interest as shewing something of 

 the state of Astronomical (not Astrological) knowledge more than 400 years ago. 

 The woodcut below is a slightly reduced facsimile (4-5ths) of that representing 

 the constellation " Auriga," also here called " Heniochus," 



FACSIMILE OF THE WOODCTTT IN " HYGINII POETICON ASTRONOMICON 



REPRESENTING THE CONSTELLATION "AURIGA." 



About 4-5ths of original size, 



