fE^poii of ®^nepl E^cnwes tr^Iiirer^ti 

 tmrrng fl|e Winter Session, 1910-11. 



<r # <~ ^ This lecture was given on 12th November, 1910, 



Corfe Castle and by R p ouncv? Esq>> Assistant Secretary of the 

 the Royal Forest Dorset F ie i d C i u b, and was open to the public on 

 the purchase of tickets. The chair was occupied 

 by Sir Daniel Morris. Mr Pouncy incidentally pointed out that 

 there is no evidence that a castle existed at the time of the murder 

 of King Edward at " Corfes-Geat," which took place at Elfrida's 

 house and might possibly have been on the site of Corfe Castle. 

 This is certainly good 12th century work, and may have been 

 started by William the Conqueror, and the fact that King John kept 

 his Queen and his regalia there shows the importance of the place. 

 The lecture was illustrated by numerous very beautiful lantern 

 slides, and Mr. Pouncy held his large audience enthralled while 

 relating the thrilling scenes enacted at the Castle in the height of its 

 glory. It was interspersed with snatches of folk-lore delivered in 

 lucid language and with much humour. 



On the 17th December, 1910, an address was given 

 . Aa * ress by Dr. Wm. T. Ord, Chairman of the Geological 

 introductory Section, to which the attendance of the Bourne- 

 f r 6 " y mouth Students' Association had been invited, 

 o eo ogy. /p^ e cka'j. was taken by Dr. Crailan. The special 

 object of the lecture was to attract those who were interested in 

 that branch of Science, and to induce them to attend a forthcoming 

 series of lectures by Rev. E. C. Spicer, m.a., f.g.s., dealing chiefly 

 with the geology of Hampshire and Dorset. Dr. Ord described 

 Geology as a study of the materials and structure of the earth's 

 crust by examination of sections or cuttings where rocks are exposed, 

 such as exist along our seashore ; and he spoke of the forces which 

 had been at work from the earliest ages, breaking down, building 

 up and forming fresh strata, the most potent agent being water, i.e., 

 the sea, rivers, rain and ice. A notable example of the agency of 

 rivers is that of Colorado Canon, cut to the depth of nearly a vertical 

 mile through very hard rock. He also gave a brief account of the 

 importance of fossils in determining the age of rocks and of the 

 geological series of strata from the earliest times down to the later. 

 Many beautiful lantern slides were shown, which had been lent by 

 Mr. Spicer and Mr. H. Pouncy, assistant secretary of the Dorset 

 Field Club. 



