36 The Twenty-third General Meeting. 
“that so few relics are to be found in, and near, the camps of this 
neighbourhood. I have hunted over Ogbury, Chlorus’ Camp, and 
Old Sarum, with the well-known archeologist, Mr. Evans, whose 
eye is perhaps the keenest in England for a worked flint, and yet 
during the entire day we scarcely found a specimen worth taking 
home.” 
Mr: Parker, in his address, said he regarded the camp as a British 
one, because it followed the outlines of the hill, and was not formed 
in a parallelogram, as Roman camps always were. 
Descending the steep hill from Ogbury Cam j, and crossing the 
Avon by a bridge of boats, the archeologists passed by a pleasant 
and shady walk to Lake House, where they were heartily weleomed 
and hospitably entertained by the Rev. E. Duke, and where that 
gentleman’s well-known collection of antiquities attracted universal 
admiration. But Lake House itself must not be passed by without 
a word, for with its gabled roof and trimly-kept yew hedges, it is 
one of the most picturesque objects that lie in the route between 
Salisbury and Stonehenge, from which latter it is about two miles 
distant. The estate of Lake was purchased by George Duke, in 
1576. The house was built about the middle of Queen Elizabeth’s 
reign. It is, in fact, a very pure and interesting specimen of 
Elizabethan architecture. 
The collection of antiquities is very interesting and valuable 
generally, but deserves special notice from our Society on account 
of its local character; and in our eyes perhaps the most important 
feature in the collection is a series of objects, exhumed by Mr. Duke’s 
late father, from burial mounds in the immediate neighbourhood, 
some seventy years ago. They include a number of amber ornaments, 
which were inspected with much interest, as was also a highly- 
finished mould of syenite, evidently intended to be used in casting 
bronze celts. It was found near Nine Mile Water, in the parish of 
Bulford. At Lake may also be seen a very interesting collection of 
fossils and minerals; as well as a number of stuffed specimens of 
mammalia, birds, and fish, killed on the estate. 
Sir Jonn Lussock having proposed a cordial vote of thanks to 
Mr. and Mrs. Duke for their kindness and hospitality, the party 
