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their friends were present; with Sir John Lubbock in the chair. 
After the usual loyal toasts, the Prestpent, in proposing the 
“Bishop and Clergy,” said how very glad they were to see the 
Bishop of the Diocese among them that day, and they could not 
regard it but as a great compliment that he had remained in the 
city, at a time when he proposed going on a well-earned holiday, on 
purpose to welcome the Society: he was sure they all appreciated 
that mark of his sympathy with them, and of his interest in arche- 
ology. They were all very much indebted to the Clergy of the 
city and neighbourhood, as well as of the Diocese at large, for their 
co-operation (indeed their Secretary, the Rev. A. C. Smith, was one 
of that body), but he especially desired to mention the name of the 
Venerable Archdeacon to whom they were so much indebted for the 
explanation and description of the Cathedral; and to whom he 
tendered the best thanks of the Society for the valuable assistance 
he had kindly rendered them that day. 
The Ven. Arcupracon Lear, in responding, said it was quite 
true that the Bishop was ready packed up and would start on the fol- 
lowing morning, in order to get what he was sure no one would grudge 
him, a little cessation from labour. Had it not been that he was 
about to leave Salisbury for a season, nothing would have given him 
greater pleasure than to have welcomed the Members of the Society 
to a conversazione at the Palace. As for himself it had been a 
pleasure to have been toa certain extent a guide to the distinguished 
company that afternoon, and he would say that the Clergy welcomed 
the Society to the cathedral city, because, among other reasons, in 
their Cathedral and Churches in the neighbourhood they were sure 
that much would be found of importance and interest to the Mem- 
bers of the Society, and they further weleomed the Members because 
they trusted that on the morrow they would be told a great deal 
more about Stonehenge than they at present knew. He hoped 
their visit would be a pleasant one, and their excursions would be _ 
- full of interest and profit. 
In responding to the toast of “the President,” Sir Jounn Lusspock 
said that though he came among them as a stranger, he had found 
some warm and kind friends. He regarded the reception they had 
