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 LANCASTER. Thursday, July 12th, 1888. 



Although not largely attended, yet the visit of the Club to the 

 County town was more than ordinarily enjoyable. The arrange- 

 ments for the conduct of the party were undertaken by Mr. Lloyd, 

 Honorary Secretary, who, with the assistance of Mr. James 

 Lancaster, had prepared a most attractive programme. The 

 Town Clerk, who unfortunately was not present on the occasion, 

 having been suddenly called from Lancaster, had interested him- 

 self largely in promoting the welfare of the visitors, and had 

 generously secured some important privileges on their behalf. 

 Mr. J. S. Slinger, a veteran Archoeologist and inhabitant of the 

 town, had also taken great mterest in the visit, and met the party 

 on their arrival at the station, remaining with them as their 

 active cicerone and guide throughout the whole of the day. The 

 morning was devoted to an examination of the venerable Church 

 and Castle externally and internally, the special features being 

 pointed out and explained by Mr. Slinger, who, previous to 

 luncheon, introduced the Members to the Grand Jury room, in 

 which he had placed for exhibition the whole of his valuable 

 collection of Maps, Pictures and Drawings of ancient and modern 

 Lancaster, which selected with great care, had taken him a life- 

 time to collect. These objects of art, some of them perfectly 

 unique, illustrating the topographical, architectural, political and 

 social progress of so important an historic town proved of the 

 highest interest. Some of the exhibits were of the utmost rarity 

 and value. The afternoon was spent in the ' open ': — first in 

 visiting the famous Williamson Park, from which picturesque 

 and commanding rendezvous, a drive was taken through some of 

 the rural and old world bye-ways lying on both banks of the 

 Lune to the east and north of the town. 



