The Temporary Museum. $15 
of the Longs, past and present. Mr. Lone in acknowledging the 
compliment, proposed a vote of thanks to Canon Jackson, which 
was also earried by acclamation. Then for the last time the 
Seeretary’s whistle sounded, and while some of the carriages pro- 
ceeded vid Chalfield House, to Holt and Whaddon, in accordance 
with the programme, others returned direct to Trowbridge ; and so 
was concluded one of the most successful meetings the Wiltshire 
Archzological and Natural History Society has ever held. 
_ TEMPORARY MUSEUM. 
Much credit is due to the Local Committee who so efficiently, 
and in so short a time organized and arranged the Temporary 
Museum in the Court Hall, Trowbridge. Mr. Mackniel was the 
Honorary Curator, and his zeal and assiduity were highly appreciated. 
Mr. and Dr. G. E. Tayler were indefatigable in their exertions. 
Few persons would have thought it possible that so large a num- 
ber of curious and valuable specimens could have been collected in 
so short a time. The Court Hall was well lighted, and with its 
scientific adornments looked remarkably handsome. Appropriately 
conspicuous in this exhibition was the collection of fossils and other 
interesting memorials of the poet Crabbe. His geological and 
archeological tastes are well known, particularly in Trowbridge, 
where he lived many years as Rector of the parish Church, where a 
monument has been erected to his memory. There are elderly 
people with tenacious memories still living in Trowbridge who can 
recollect very distinctly having seen the poet on his geological walks, 
armed with a hammer fastened to a very long stick, occasionally 
stopping at a heap of stones to possess himself of some new treasure. 
Crabbe was associated with William Smith, Richardson, and , 
Townsend, early pioneers of the science of geology, in this 
neighbourhood. His collection, together with the memorable 
hammer, were kindly placed in the museum by Major Clark, the 
_- present owner. The specimens are unarranged, but many of them 
are of considerable interest, illustrating as they do the principal 
fossiliferous strata of this and the neighbouring counties. A good 
- portrait of the poet, painted by his son, the Rev. John Crabbe, 
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