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Walker, as the High Constable of Hungerford, were also duly 

 remembered and severally returned thanks. 



CONVERSAZIONE. 



At half-past seven, the company re-assembled at the Town-Hall, 

 under the presidency of Sir John Awdry, when Mr. Henry Godwin, 

 of Newbury, read an extremely interesting paper, on " a recent 

 visit to Wroxeter, the ancient city of Uriconium ; " exemplifj'ing 

 his subject with some admirable ground plans and other views. 

 Rev. A. C. Smith read a paper on the "earthwork enclosures on 

 the downs supposed to be British cattle pens," which he also 

 illustrated with diagrams ; and which gave rise to an interesting 

 discussion ; Rev. Prebendary Morrice suggesting that such an 

 earthwork in his own neighbourhood, perched on lofty ground near 

 the Deverill valley, above a British village, and at no great distance 

 from two camps, might be a telegraph station, where a careful 

 observation of the neighbourhood was kept up, and information 

 given to those inhabiting the village and camp. Mr. W. H. Black, 

 F. S. A., then addressed the meeting upon "certain marked stones 

 in Wiltshire," pointing out what he considered hollows or cups 

 artificially cut in certain stones, near Marden, in the Pewsey vale. 



SECOND DAY. TUESDAY, Sep. 28th. 



The archaeologists left Hungerford this morning for an excursion 

 in the Ramsbury and Aldbourne valleys. Halting at Chilton to 

 visit the interesting church ; and opposite the old house at Little- 

 cote, to examine the outline of that fine specimen of Elizabethan 

 architecture, the excursionists drove through Ramsbury to the 

 Manor House, where this substantial dwelling, the work of Inigo 

 Jones, and the surrounding grounds and water were extolled amidst 

 regrets that it should be uninhabited. On arriving at the Parish 

 Church of Ramsbury, the party was joined by Mr. Roberts, the 

 Secretary to the Archaeological Association in London, who very 

 kindly gave a masterly description of the church, derived entirely 

 from its architecture ; and pointed out many features of interest in 

 the building. The Darell Chapel also was closely examined. 



