xlii. THE SfeCOND WINtEk itEETlisGt. 



]\Ir. R. BoswoRTH Smith read a very interesting paper on 

 "The Raven in Dorset," which has since been printed in the 

 "XIX. Century Magazine." The Noble Chairman, in express- 

 ing the thanks of the Club to Mr. Bosworth Smith, said that 

 the paper revealed both the close observation of the naturalist 

 and the erudition of the scholar ; he did not know to what 

 portion of the paper to give most praise, for it was filled 

 throughout with classical, historical, and scientific knowledge, 

 and pervaded with that literary charm of which all knew Mr. 

 Bosworth Smith was a past master. 



The Hon. Sec. stated concisely the case of the Gandhara 

 sculptures, which were well illustrated by the examples exhibited. 

 The paper is printed in this volume with others on the same 

 subject under the head " The Gandhara Sculptures." 



A paper on W. Gumming, M.D., a physician living in Dor- 

 chester in the i8th century, written by Mr. Walter Boswell 

 Stone, and printed on page 34, brought the -proceedings to a 

 close. 



