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their very rudeness; he had the opinion of noted archeologists that 
some of the urns are the rudest they had ever seen, they were 
such as any child might form with its hands out of clay or other 
plastic material. He recommended attention to the drawings sent - 
by Mr. Richmond, and also one by Lawrence, dated Devizes, Sep- 
tember 9th, 1787, which was a very small but interesting specimen 
of that period of the artist’s life ; also to some very valuable coins 
and medals, kindly lent by Mrs. Kenrick; and to an interesting 
collection of models of celebrated diamonds, by Mr. Gregory, of 
London. . 
This concluded the morning meeting: and then the President and 
officers of the Society, headed by the Mayor and Corporation in 
their robes of office, and preceded by the mace, &c., formally walked 
in procession to the new Museum and Library, when the President 
duly unlocked the door, and followed by the whole body of archzo- 
logists, visited every portion of the premises, which called forth loud 
marks of approbation, and the Museum and Library were declared 
open. 
The treasures here collected engrossed the attention of many of 
the visitors for the rest of the afternoon: others, reserving the 
Museum for another opportunity, pleasantly employed the interval 
before dinner by inspecting some of the more noteworthy objects in 
the town: some visiting the fine old churches of St. John and 
St. Mary ; others, the admirable collection of British birds at Mr. 
Tugwell’s; and others, the magnificent geological collection of Mr. 
Cunnington: though nearly all found opportunity to wander over 
“The Devizes Castle,” and its beautiful grounds, which were most 
hospitably thrown open to their inspection by Mr. Leach. 
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took place at the Bear Hotel, at five o’clock, at which about seventy 
of the members and their friends were present. After the usual 
loyal toasts, the President, in proposing the health of the Bishop 
and Clergy, referred to the pilgrimage to Pontigny, and pointed 
out that the Saint honoured there was in A.D. 1200 both a digni- 
tary and a priest of a town near Devizes. St. Edmund was rector of 
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