186 Thv Fifty-fourth Oencral Meeting. 



himself preserving the " Devil's Den " cromlech from any possible 

 injury. 



The Officers of the Society having been formally re-elected on 

 the motion of the Chairman, the business ended, and the Members 

 proceeded to " The Lawn," where the HIGH SHEBIFF, MR. F. P. 

 GODDARD, and Mrs. Goddard most kindly entertained them at 

 tea, after which a visit to the remains of the old Parish Church 

 was paid. 



The Anniversary Dinner was held at the Goddard Arms at 7 

 o'clock, the HIGH SHERIFF being in the chair, and at 8.30 the 

 Members and others assembled in the Town Hall for the Conver- 

 sazione, to the number of seventy-two. A much larger number 

 had accepted the invitation of the Local Committee to be present, 

 but the weather on the opening day, and also on the evening of 

 the second day, when fifty-six were present, was wet, and doubtless 

 prevented many who would otherwise have put in an appearance 

 from being present at the meetings. 



THE MAYOR of Swindon, MR. F. S. COLEMAN, having taken the 

 chair, expressed his regret at liaving been unavoidably absent at 

 the Opening Meeting, called upon MR. A. COLEMAN to read his 

 paper on " THE PARISH REGISTERS OF SWINDON." ' 



This was followed by a song from Miss Finn, and an interval for 

 most bountiful refreshments, provided by the kindness of the 

 Mayor, during which a selection of music was played by the 

 orchestra. 



MR. A.D. PASSMORE then gave an excellent lecture on "EXTINCT 

 MONSTERS," illustrated by a large and excellent series of lantern 

 slides, in which he described in a popular way the various saurians 

 whose bones have been found in the Kimmeridge Clay at 

 Swindon. 



Another song followed, and the REV. E. H. GODDARD having 

 shortly described the places to be visited on the next day's ex- 

 cursion, the proceedings of the evening came to an end. 



' Printed in full in Swindon Advertiser, July 5th, 1907. 



