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At the next monthly meeting of the section on nth 

 Villa at" 13 " February Mr. Le Jeune read a paper on " The 

 Hems worth Recovery of a Roman Villa near Hemsworth, 



Dorset," illustrated by photographs and drawings. 

 This paper appears in full at page 63, and an illustration on 

 Plate VI, page 64. 



Lab riraths and ^ n ITt ^ ^arch Thomas gave a lantern lecture 

 iVHzmases 0n subject. The peculiarities of these curious 



remains of antiquity were noticed and discussed. 

 Attention was called to a local maze near the cliff at Westbourne. 



^ g r At the meeting on 8th April Mr. Brownen gave a 



of Balawa^ 5 lecture on this subject, explaining Balawat as an 

 Assyrian Windsor of the time of Shalmaneser II., 

 B.C. 859 — 25. It was illustrated by full-sized photographic repro- 

 ductions of this famous relic, which revealed the military and naval 

 art of Imperial Assyria, and led to an animated discussion on art 

 and commerce in general. With this lecture the winter session of 

 indoor meetings closed, and the excursions followed from next 

 month. 



_ . The first excursion of the season was on May 5th 



We s/parle t0 WeSt Parley Church and T>udsbury. At West 

 &c 3 P ar l e y we were met by the Rector, the Rev. R. A. 



Chudleigh, M.A., who kindly opened the church 

 and described its principal features. Mr. Chudleigh then accom- 

 panied us to Dudsbury Camp and described the peculiarities of 

 this strong prehistoric earthwork commanding the waterway of 

 the Stour. 



In May and June our section participated in two general 

 excursions of the Society, the first on May 19th, to Masbury, 

 Croscombe, and Shepton Mallet on the Mendips, and the second 

 on 36th June, to Minstead and Malwood in the New Forest. 



Visit to Christ= This took place on 23rd June, and a large 

 church Priory. number of members participated in it. By the 

 kindness of Miss Tighe the ruins and relics in 

 the private grounds and gardens were thrown open, and Mr. 

 Brownen (who conducted) produced a plan of the destroyed 

 monastery, which assisted in the realization of the ancient edifices 

 as they originally stood. The Castle ruins were also visited the 

 same afternoon. 



On 7th July our Antiquarian Section formed a part in a general 

 excursion to Wool, Bere Regis, Puddletown and Dorchester, all in 

 the district known popularly as " the Hardy country." It was under 

 the joint conductorship of Messrs. Hankinson and Pouncy. 



