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the Petrology of the Stonehenge Stones,” by N. Story MasKELYNE, 
Esq., F.R.S., Professor of Mineralogy at Oxford; A paper “ On 
Certain Local Occurrences of some of our rarer birds,” by the Rev. 
A. P. Morrzs, Vicar of Britford ; and a paper “ On Amye Robsart,” 
by the Rev. Canon Jackson, F.S.A., the latter illustrated by many 
old documents discovered by the Reverend Canon at Longleat, 
among others, the marriage settlement of Amye Robsart with Robert 
Dudley, Earl of Leicester, several letters written by Amye Robsart 
herself, and other papers of extraordinary interest, which had been 
freely lent for the occasion by the liberality of the Marquis of Bath. 
On the motion of the Prusipent, a cordial vote of thanks was 
passed to Mr. Story Maskelyne, Rev. A. P. Morres, and Canon 
Jackson, for the valuable papers they had severally contributed ; 
and with a hearty sense of gratitude to their kind entertainers, the 
Trustees and Curators of the Blackmore Museum, the meeting 
dispersed. 
SECOND DAY, THURSDAY, AUGUST 24x. 
THE STONEHENGE EXCURSION. 
A bright and glorious autumnal morning greeted the Members of 
the Society, when, to the number of something like two hundred, 
they assembled at a quarter before nine o’clock, in the Market Place; 
and punctually as the clock struck, the Secretary’s whistle sounded, 
and Mr. E. T. Stevens, who acted as the “advance guard” of the 
party, led a long train of carriages en route for Stonehenge ; and not 
only did Mr. Stevens display in both the excursions the consummate 
tact and forethought of an able general, keeping his numerous party 
together, and collecting stragglers, and arriving at each point at 
the precise time indicated in the programme; but he supplied every ex- 
cursionist on both days with a most valuable and interesting “ guide” 
to the several excursions, so that nothing was passed by unheeded. 
For both these exhaustive guide-books, which he modestly denomi- 
nated “Jottings,” the Members were indebted to the pen of Mr. 
E. T. Stevens, than whom indeed no man is more capable of des- 
cribing clearly, comprehensively, and yet concisely, the objects of 
