58 MEETINGS. 



with fragments of bronze instruments, clay beads, pottery and 

 pantiles. On lot 19 were remains of a building, querns, 

 Samian ware, &c, with patterns of animals, and echinus 

 moulding, all denoting Roman occupation of this part of Alder- 

 ney. Unfinished castings of copper, lumps of bronze metal, 

 and ashes of charcoal indicate a manufactory in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Longy, also an ingot of copper weighing 12lbs. 

 The " Nunnery " received that name first when occupied by 

 troops in 1793. In old documents, e.g., "Le Vieux Rental" 

 it is called " Les Murs de Bas." It is of quadrangular form 

 with remains of corner towers having circular bases 6ft. in 

 diameter and masonry 6ft. in height. At a height of 17ft. 

 is a course of herring-bone work composed of stone and 

 Roman tiles. The mortar of the walls is coarsely made with 

 lime, sand and sea-shells. The present entrance was made 

 in 1793. The original one was in the west wall. 



Monthly Meeting held November 20th, 1901. 



There was a good attendance of members. 



Mr. R. C. Mabbs was proposed as a member. 



Mr. A. Collenette exhibited specimens of peat from 

 Longy Bay, which had been referred to at the last meeting. 



Mr. Sharp exhibited a beautiful neolithic implement said 

 to have been found 12 years ago at St. Martin's. 



Mr. W. Luff exhibited a large cockroach, Periplaneta 

 anstralasice found alive in a packet of bananas imported 

 from Jamaica by Mr. J. Parsons. Also a minute ant, Mono- 

 morium Pharaonis, which had been sent from Alderney by 

 Mr. E. D. Marquand. It is new to the Alderney list. 



Mr. Derrick reported the receipt of an official communi- 

 cation giving the height of Hougue Haunt Nez as 342 feet 

 (on largest map, 242) ; also a note from Mr. E. D. Marquand 

 identifying a fine scarlet white-spotted fungus found by Mr. 

 Peters, jun., near Moulin Huet, as Amanita muscarias, one 

 of the most beautiful of British Agarics, as well as one 

 of the most poisonous. This is the first record of its 

 occurrence in Guernsey. 



Mr. J. L. Pitts then read a communication which Mr. 

 B. T. Rowswell had inserted in " Knowledge " for Nov. 1901. 

 Mr. Rowswell says : " The Wryneck arrives here in large 

 numbers about the beginning of April, and is heard constantly 

 until the end of June, or beginning of July, but seldom later, 

 although it remains with us until September. The latest date 

 on which I heard it was Jnly 3rd. This year I heard one as 



