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the remainder a large limb. The western end was about six feet under ground 

 and the eastern end about four feet. It lay almost horizontally, and the 

 steepness of the hill accounts for the difference in the cover. 



The wood is quite sound and almost as black as Irish bog oak, and it has since 

 been planked out and dried. The original tree must have contained considerably 

 more than 100 cubic feet of timber and have been of great age. 



7. - Specimens of Palasolithic and Neolithic flints. These embrace some good 

 specimens of skin scrapers, knives, &c., from Dorset, Wilts, Somerset, and 

 Nortbamptoushii'e. 



The President proposed a hearty vote of thanks to Mr. 

 Digby for kindly sending the articles, and to Mr. Rawlence for 

 bringing them and explaining them to the meeting. The Hon. 

 Secretary, in seconding the vote, took the opportunity to 

 mention the variety of styles in which at different times in his 

 life the name of " the ever-renowned knight, Sir Walter," was 

 spelt, e.g., Rawlcy, Rawleigh or Rawlegh, Raleigh, and finally 

 Ralegh. 



Other Exhibits. — The Rev. S. E. V. Filleul showed objects 

 of interest to ornithologists and to antiquaries, namely, a wing of 

 the grey lag goose, one of a pair killed at Wareham this winter. 

 He pointed out how the knob at the head of the wing assisted 

 the bird in fighting. In the spurwing goose this knob takes the 

 form of a spur, half an inch long. He exhibited also a specimen 

 of the wing of the spurwing plover, showing the spur. 



Another exhibit made by Mr. Filleul was an iron 2lb. shot 

 found recently in the shingle at " Dancing Ledge," Langton 

 INIatravers. It had evidently been fired, from the dent observable 

 on it, and might, he suggested, be a relic of the Armada fight. 



]\Ir. Robert Hayne, sent for exhibition a chasse of champldve 

 enamel, Limoges work, of late 13th century or early 14th 

 century. Limoges chasses of this period, he noted, generally 

 have keyhole-shaped perforations on the ridge. He also sent 

 with it a ciborium of champleve enamel, probably of the 14th 

 century. 



Discovery of Human Burial at Blashenwell. — Captain 

 AcLAND exhibited photographs of the grave at Blashenwell and 

 the skull found there in Januarj'. He reminded the members of 



