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excavations under expert direction should be carried out, and it 

 was thought that the Wiltshire Society should do everything 

 possible to further any such scheme. The following resolution 

 was then carried unanimously: — "That the Wiltshire Archaeological 

 Society would welcome any proposal on the part of the Society 

 of Antiquaries to carry out excavations on the site of Old Sarum 

 and will do all in its power to assist in the carrying out of such 

 proposal." The party then made their way back to the carriages 

 and proceeded up the valley to BOSCOMBE CHUECH, where, as 

 throughout the Churches visited on this day's excursion, THE 

 EEV. E. H. GODDAED gave the substance of notes on the archi- 

 tecture specially written by ME. C. E. PONTING, F.S.A., for the 

 Meeting. Some of the party then visited the Eectory, interesting 

 as containing the study used by Hooker. Though it has been 

 modernised outside the house contains a fine medieval timbered 

 roof, showing in the upper rooms, with a two-light cusped window 

 downstairs, and some good Elizabethan carved oak over the 

 fireplace in one of the rooms. Keturning down the valley the 

 next stop was at IDIIISTON CHUECH, where the excellent 

 fourteenth century corbels and other work were duly inspected 

 and admired. The MANGE HOUSE was then visited, where 

 several rooms show good panelling of Elizabethan and Queen 

 Ann dates. After this the carriages took the party on to POETON, 

 where, at the Eailway Inn, an excellent lunch was ready for 

 them. From Porton a rough down track led over the down to 

 WINTEESLOW HUT, where, at the Pheasant Inn, a halt was 

 made, and the story of the attack of the escaped lioness on the 

 horses of the coach was told, and the room lived in by Hazlitt at 

 the inn was pointed out Some interesting details as to the con- 

 nexion of Hazlitt with Winterslow were also given by Mr. Witt. 

 WINTEESLOW CHUECH was next visited but did not detain the 

 party long, and the carriages proceeded to FAELE Y CHUECH. Here, 

 after THE EEV. E. H. GODDAED had said a few words on the arch- 

 itecture, THE EEV. G. M. DAVIS gave the story of several members 

 of the Fox family whose tombs are contained in the Church. The 

 party then adjourned to the WAEDENEY on the opposite side of the 



