190 The Fifty-fourth General Meeting. 



partly on account of the extremely threatening appearance of the 

 sky and partly because several of the party were anxious to catch 

 a train at Old Swindon. Just as the carriages resumed their 

 journey the rain came down in torrents, and so continued until 

 Swindon was reached, but liappily everyone was so well provided 

 with mackintoshes and umbrellas — as indeed who would not have 

 been during the earlier part of July, 1907 ?— that no harm was 

 done, and the meeting of 1907 came to an end without the rain 

 having seriously interfered with the Excursions, which were most 

 pleasantly carried out in spite of it. Everyone who was present 

 appeared to enjoy the Meeting, and everybody agreed that the 

 Mayor and the Local Committee had spared neither trouble nor 

 expense in giving a really hearty welcome to the Society. 



