10 MEETINGS. 



that an old house, situated on the road between Hougue du 

 Pommier and Grandes Koeques, contained some interesting 

 antiquities. 



Mr. J. ♦!. Carey wrote to announce that another ancient 

 grave, or cist, had been lately discovered in (Quarrying in 

 the lane south of Richmond Barracks. It was empty, but 

 in 1903 three others had been found close by, and one of 

 them contained a sword and an urn. 



Mr. E. D. Marquand reported the correspondence which 

 had passed between him and the Admiralty, re the human 

 skeletons and other archaeological remains recently disinterred 

 in Alderney. 



The President explained the project which had been 

 approved by the Council, of admitting young })ersons under 

 the age of twenty as Junior Members of the Society, at 

 a reduced subscription of 2s. 6d. a year. The project Avas 

 adopted by the meeting, and a circular was drawn up for 

 distribution among the pupils of the tw^o Colleges and the 

 leading schools of the island. Also it was decided to arrange 

 a series of excursions during the coming season, for the 

 special benefit of young members. 



Monthly Meeting held on October 18th, 1905, Rev. W. Campbell 

 Penney, President, in the chair. 



Mr. E. D. Marquand, A.L.S., read a paper on "The 

 Guernsey Dialect, and its Plant Names," which will be found 

 printed in full in these pages. An animated discussion en- 

 sued, in the course of which Mr. Collenette expressed some 

 doubt whether the patois Avas dying out in the country parishes 

 as rapidly as some people supjjosed, although it Avas noticeable 

 that it Avas undergoing a change, by the gradual admixture 

 of Breton and English words and expressions. 



Mr. Sharp remarked that if this Avere so it Avas all the 

 more reason Avhy ])honographic records of the old language 

 should be secured, before it Avas too late. No doubt a large 

 number of persons could still speak it in its purity. The 

 members present Avere imnnimous in the opinion that some- 

 thing should be done Avithout loss of time, to preserAC for 

 future students accurate records of the pronunciation of the 

 patois of Guernsey and the other islands. 



The President read an extract from a ncAvspaper on 

 " The Common Eel : a mystery solved," in which the writer 

 explained the latest theories concerning the spawning of eels, 



