Norman work which they came across in the bed of the river. Two other pieces of old Norman work had also been discovered under the bridge. There was evidence that the old Norman bridge sloped rather more up stream at its north end than did the eighteenth century bridge.

MR. L. STURDY said he had taken a great interest in the bridge, and particularly in the stone of the old bridge which was old Purbeck burr. There was no difficulty in identifying it because it was more like Bath stone. It was a bed which was never worked now because it came out in such small pieces that it was very expensive to work, but it was a beautiful stone and probably the best of all the beds. Much of the same stone was used in the Saxon church at Wareham, and they could pick out the burr stone in St. Martin's Church easily. What he noticed very much when the old Norman foundations were exposed was that each course had a stiff" offset." His brother, who was an architect and a former member of the club, told him this was Saxon, and the old idea was that the bridge which was pulled down in 1778 was a Saxon bridge. Leyland described it as having been built at or about the time of the Conquest, but it was evidently built after that. The radius of the Norman arches was about nine feet.

DR. DRURY drew attention to the formation of the piers, and pointed out that the pier on the north side of the bridge was of entirely different construction, where it was sandstone in perfect preservation but wonderfully soft. The bridge appeared to have been quite a beautiful one, because there were a great many mouldings varying from two to six inches.

The PRESIDENT asked whether the "burr" stone was not a very hard stone, used for mill-stones, and, in consequence of its hardness, very difficult to work.

MR. STURDY agreed, although he did not know that Purbeck burr was ever used for mill stones, but burr was a sort of technical term to describe a hard stone which was suitable for mill stones.

(b). With regard to the photograph of the fourteenth century Stone Fire-place found in the house of Mr. A. Hibbs (baker) of West Street, Corfe Castle, DR. DRURY did not think that it had ever been photographed before. The Fire-place undoubtedly must have come out of the Castle. The actual mantelpiece was of Purbeck oolite, and the slab on the top was of Purbeck marble.

(c). The Inscription, a photograph of which was DR. DRURY's third exhibit, would be remembered by those who took part in the West Purbeck Meeting last September. A portion of it was on the Church Tower at Church Knowle; the remainder was built over the mantelpiece of a farmhouse across the road. But to him personally it was undecipherable. He could make nothing of it at all.

DR. DRURY, afterwards exhibited a photograph of the House on the south side of the Square, Corfe Castle, adjoining the churchyard, known as "Town House" and said :

The date is probably early eighteenth century; it is built of Purbeck Ashlar and possesses an unique bow window which is fitted with a lock and key. The building originally consisted of two cottages, as there are two inner entrances within the main doorway, and there are also two staircases, The upper central room with bow window does not communicate with the rest of the building but has its own separate entrance at the back from the churchyard, which is on the same level as the floor of that room. This was formerly the "Mayoral Room" in which the Mayors of Corfe Castle used to robe before proceeding across the churchyard to enter the Town Hall through a door (now blocked up) leading straight into its first floor.

5. By the REV. R. D. ST. G. EDWARDS :—

Model of "Smuggling in the Olden Days."-The Clipper, Sir Lancelot landing contraband on the South Coast.

MR. EDWARDS stated that the model had been made at Long Bredy, by Mr. White.