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BY ME. W. COLFOX : 



(2) Two iron horse-shoes (Komau '<} found on Nov. 15th, 1898, in the main 

 road outside the lodge at Westmead, Bridport, 11 feet from the edge of the 

 pathway and at a depth of about 18 inches, the upper 12in. being recent road 

 metalling, the lower 6in. pebbles and earth. Mr. Moule stated that these horse 

 shoes were smaller, broader in proportion and much less convex, than those 

 classed as Eoman in the Museum. He commented upon the comparatively 

 unrusted state of the iron and thought that, though probably some centuries old, 

 they were much later than Eoman times. 



(3) An Elizabethan sixpence (date 1592) found at Westmead in an old agricul- 

 tural drain about 18in. below the surface. 



BY EEV. H. SHAEN SOLLY : 



(4) A specimen of Pkurotomaria Cassisiana from the Chloritic Marl, Eggardon 

 Hill, Bridport. Only casts of this shell are usually found, the present one being 

 a good specimen of the shell itself. It has not yet been figured in any English 

 publication. 



Presented to the Dorset County Museum. 



BY THE HON. SECRETARY : 



(5) A series of crystals of selenite of unusual size and forms from the Oxford Clay 

 of Chickerell. Small crystals are common in the clay but such large ones are rarely 

 met with. They were found in some numbers near together. The chief forms are 

 the more usual diamond -shaped ones up to 3|in. long, and six-sided prisms up to 

 8in. long and some If in. in diameter. One specimen has several of these prisms 

 radiating from a common centre. Sometimes these long crystals are composed of 

 a series of thin flat crystals side by side, and in other cases these thin crystals are 

 quite irregularly placed. The prisms have sometimes the diamond shaped crystals 

 imbedded in them. One of the long crystals weighs about fib. 



A portion of the exhibit was presented to the Museum. 



By EBV. W. E. WAUGH : 



(6) A specimen of Ammonites com munis showing a portion of the operculum 

 from the Lias at Lyme Begis. Probably found in the Conglomerate lying 

 between the Greensand and Lias. 



Presented to the Dorset County Museum. 



(7) Note on the Zodiacal Light. 



The Zodiacal Light was seen from Portland Beach on March 1st and 2nd at 

 about 8.30 p.m. The Apex reached Ceti.' The Lenticular outline was too 

 diffuse to indicate its precise position. The Angle at which its axis stood to the 

 horizon was + 45 



NOTE BY MB. F. J. BECKFORD. 



On the occurrence of Crossbills in the neighbourhood of Parkstone. He had 

 observed 8 in October, 1897. In October, 1898, he saw three, and one again 



