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and even 100 feet high on either side. No one, he thought, could 
feel any doubt whatever that these valleys were formed, not by 
the action of the sea, but by fresh water running in one direction. 
Then arose the important question, whence the immense body of 
water requisite to denude, or excavate these valleys? He could 
not but think that the true explanation was that suggested by Dr. 
Blackmore, viz., that within the ordinary human period, there had 
been a considerable change of climate in this country, and in the 
north of Europe. The sudden melting of large bodies of snow and 
ice would, he thought, alone account for the denudation of the 
principal valley and the six or seven tributary ones between 
Salisbury and his own house. The next point was this—the mel- 
ting of such large bodies of snow and ice would cause a current of 
such rapidity that the work of inundation would be carried on 
more rapidly than it was being at present carried on by any river 
in Europe. This was important as bearing upon the extreme anti- 
quity of these flint implements. He believed them to be of human 
handiwork, but not to be of that extreme antiquity which some 
persons claimed for them. There might have been such changes 
in climate, and in the conformation of land in this district, three 
or four thousand years ago, as to account for the deposition of the 
gravels in which these implements had been found. (Hear, hear.) 
He was glad to have the opportunity of thanking Dr. Blackmore 
for his paper, as well as for the valuable service he had rendered 
to the neighbourhood by his contributions to the Salisbury and 
South Wilts Museum. (Applause.) 
The President then having briefly alluded to the order which 
was to be followed, announced the morning meeting at the Council 
Chamber concluded: when the majority of the party proceeded to 
the Cathedral, in order to inspect that noble building: on reaching 
the transepts, Earl Nelson requested Mr. Parker to describe the 
_ more prominent features of the building. 
Mr. Joun Henry Parker, the well-known author of the 
“Glossary ” and the very able work on “ English Domestic Archi- 
tecture,” standing on a stool near the organ screen said that he 
had lately been devoting so much attention to the architecture of 
