8 The Twenty-third General Meeting. 
the earth in the West of England than did Mr. Cunnington. There 
was another thing which might be mentioned ; he would remind the 
meeting that Mr. Cunnington’s grandfather was associated with the 
late Sir Richard Colt Hoare, in the preparation of his invaluable 
history of Wiltshire. 
The resolution having been put, and very warmly received and 
carried, Mr. Cunnington expressed his thanks in brief but feeling 
terms. 
The Committee was then re-appointed, with certain additions : 
the Local Secretaries and the Treasurer were re-elected ; and then 
began 
THE PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS. 
Sm Joun Lussock said—When your excellent Secretary, Mr. 
Smith, first communicated to me the wish of your Committee that 
I should become your President for this year, I must confess that I 
had some natural hesitation in accepting your very flattering in- 
vitation. I have so recently become directly connected with the 
county, there are so many gentlemen well qualified, not only to fill, 
but to adorn, the office, that I could not but feel doubtful how far 
the suggestion would be approved by, and advantageous to, the 
Society. Nevertheless I have long felt so deep an interest in this, 
the central, and archzologically, the richest district of England, I 
am always so happy in the sunshine of your glorious downs, or 
under the shadow of your beautiful cathedral, that I could not refuse 
myself the pleasure, and, for it is never very difficult to convince 
one’s self of what one wishes to believe, it seemed to me that the 
responsibility of the selection would after all in no sense rest upon me. 
It is indeed always a pleasure to come into Wiltshire, and much 
more too thanamereidleone. I sometimes think that everyone—at 
any rate every sehoolmaster and every Member of Parliament—ought 
to make the tour of the county and visit its principal antiquities, 
There are still many who go abroad to visit distant antiquities, 
neglecting those at home, like the “ Wander Witt of Wiltshire,” 
mentioned by Gibbons in 1670, who, having “ screwed ” himself into. 
the company of some Roman antiquaries, confessed that he had 
never seen Stonage, as he calls it, whereupon they kicked him out 
