282 The Forty-Eighth General Meetinf/. 



This concluded the business meeting, and the party — considerably 

 swollen in numbers for the occasion — crossed the road and enjoyed 

 the tea so kindly provided by Mr. and Mrs. G. A. H. White in 

 their shady garden. After tea the mendjers adjourned to the 

 PARISH CHUECH, which, in spite of considerable recent alterations 

 — such as the removal of the old Norman cliancel arch to a position 

 on the north side of the chancel, and the substitution of a larger 

 arch in its stead, a change which the Bishop of Bristol defended 

 on the ground of utility — contains a good deal of interest. Here 

 the Vicar, Canon Rich, read some notes on the history and 

 architecture of the buildhig and described the restorations and 

 alterations which have been made in it.^ 



On leaving the Church some of the Members perambulated the 

 town under the guidance of Mr. F. H. Goldney, visiting the old 

 TOWN HALL, which, however, contains nothing of interest inside, 

 and also the site of the "SPA," in what is now Mrs. Clark's garden. 



THE ANNIVERSARY DINNER, at which thirty-eight Members 

 were present, was held at the Angel Hotel, when the health of the 

 King and Queen was proposed by The President in a singularly 

 happy and appropriate speech. He also spoke of the work of the 

 Society, and of the prominent part which it had taken in the 

 measures for the preservation of Stonehenge. 



THE CONVERSAZIONE in the evening, at the Town Hall, 

 attracted a company of about fifty in number. The first paper 

 was by Mr. S. B. Dixon, of Pewsey, on THE DISCOVERY OP 

 PALAEOLITHIC IMPLEMENTS IN SAVERNAKE FOREST. This 

 paper, which will be printed later on in the Magazine, was a good 

 and clear statement of facts regarding this remarkable find. There 

 was considerable discussion at its close, in which Mr. W. Heward 

 Bell, Mr. Cecil Simpson, Sir John Goldney, The President, 

 and Mr. H. B. Knowles took part, the latter suggesting the 

 possibility of lightning as the agent by which the glazing on the 

 surface of many of the Hints, both worked and unworked, found in 

 the Knowle pit, was effected ; whilst Mr. Bell was inclined to 



' His remarks will be found in the Devizes Gazette, July 17th, 1902. 



