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buildings near the Church were inspected. Their original destina- 

 tion, however, did not appear at all certain, and opinion on th^ir 

 real character was divided. The interesting Church was next 

 visited, and once more MR. GODDARD described the architecture 

 from notes supplied by Mr. Pouting. 



After this the party sat down to lunch at the Reading-Eoom, 

 when about seventy Members and their friends were present. 

 DR. HILL, after lunch, expressed the thanks of the Society to 

 Mr. T. H. Baker and Mr. J. J. Hammond, the Local Secretaries 

 for the Meeting, to whose hard work the success of the gathering 

 was due, and THE MAYOR expressed his hope that the membership 

 of the Society might be largely increased in the Salisbury district. 



Leaving Rockbourneat 1.45 BREAMORE CHURCH was the next 

 stopping-place. Here the party were greatly interested in the 

 remarkable Saxon Church,^ which is perhaps after that at Dover 

 Castle the most complete example of its type in England. MR. 

 GODDARD shortly described the Church, and indicated the 

 principal points of interest. On leaving the Church the pro- 

 gramme proposed a visit to the MIZMAZE, but the rain continued 

 to fall and the journey through the wood seemed out of the 

 question, so this portion of the programme was omitted, and the 

 carriages made direct for LONGFORD CASTLE. Here the party, 

 now numbering about eighty, were most kindly received and en- 

 tertained by LORD AND LADY RADNOR. It was a disappointment 

 to some of the Members that, owing to the rain, the gardens could 

 not be visited, but the interior of the Castle, with its treasures of 

 art, was freely thrown open to the Members, who wandered about 

 and saw the pictures, the furniture, the china, and the great steel 

 chair, made at Augsburg in 1575, at their leisure. Lady Radnor 

 herself doing her utmost to secure that the Members saw everything 

 that was best worth seeing. After enjoying tea in the hall, the 

 Members once more mounted the breaks and returned to Salisbury. 



The Evening Meeting was held at the County Hotel, and the 

 numbers attending it were no doubt thinned by the rain which 

 had continued all day. Some thirty Members were present, with 



' See Rev. A. D. Hill, in Archaeological Journal, LV. 84. 



