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up to the present time, been undertaken. Judicious work of that 
kind will probably unravel a good deal that is obscure and con- 
jectural. The extent of the Chapel would be undoubtedly 
indicated. Much too may still be gathered of the history of the 
Priory which would be a valuable addition to the meagre account 
to be found in Collinson, and I have the satisfaction of knowing 
that the elucidation of this history is in far abler hands than my 
own, and that a more perfect record may some day he looked for, 
which will form an interesting chapter in what we all look 
forward to—an improved County History of Somerset. 
Summary of Proceedings for the Year 1891—92. 
Mr. PRESIDENT AND GENTLEMEN, 
The Anniversary meeting was held as usual on the 18th Feb., 
1891, when the routine business was gone through, the various 
officers elected, and the Club’s year, rather a memorable one in 
some respects, commenced. The winter session for the afternoon 
meetings concluded on March 18th, 1891, when two papers were 
down for reading—“ Some Notes on Bath Books,” by F. Shum, 
F.S.A.; and a communication from Mr. W. H. Tagart on his 
recent expedition to Siberia ; the former paper, being especially 
a local one and the writer a man who had accumulated a mass of 
information on the subject and a well-known and enthusiastic 
collector of Bath literature, occupied so much of the time allotted 
that Mr. Tagart kindly offered to postpone the account of his 
travels to another occasion. A portion of Mr. Shum’s paper is 
printed in full (vide p. 179). 
The session for 1891-92 was inaugurated by the President, 
notwithstanding his advanced years, reading a paper on the 
“ Distribution and Movements of British Animals and Plants,” 
(vide p. 185.) The attendance was very good although one of 
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