640 The Fifty-Fifth General Meeting. 



road, where, in the old panelled hall, they were most hospitably en- 

 tertained at tea by THE EEV. G. M. and MRS. DAVIS, after seeing the 

 drawing-room with its portrait of Sir Stephen Fox and its plaster 

 heraldic ceiling. 



Leaving Farley at 5 p.m., the next stop was at WEST GRIMSTEAD 

 CHURCH, with its interesting parti-coloured arches. From this 

 point the carriages went to the GREEN DRAGON INN, AT ALDER- 

 BURY, where the Members alighted to inspect the interesting room 

 now used as a bar, with the magniiicent stone mantelpiece, which is 

 said to have come from the PRIORY OF IVYCHUECH, close by. The 

 very scanty remnant of this interesting monastic house, was the 

 last item on the programme, and after seeing the rich I^orman 

 capitals of the cloister columns, and the other architectural 

 fragments, preserved in the walls of the modern cottage, and ad- 

 miring the lovely view of Salisbury Cathedral, seen through the 

 trees, from its site, the party once more got into the breaks, and a 

 a short further drive brought them to Salisbury and to the end 

 of the Meeting of 1908. In spite of the weather on the first day, 

 it was generally agreed that both days' excursions had been much 

 enjoyed by all who took part in them. 



