354 The Fifty-third General Meeting. 



very many of them killed in the immediate neighbourhood, and 

 some of them of the greatest rarity, for winch the house is famous. 

 At the CONVERSAZIONE held in the evening, with CANON 

 OLIVIER, Rector of Wilton, in the chair, there was an attendance 

 of fifty-six, and three papers were read, ME. A.. E. MALDEN 

 discoursing on "AN INSCRIPTION ON AN OUTSIDE BUTTRESS 

 OF SALISBURY CATHEDEAL " : and ME. E. 0. P. BOUVEEIE 

 on "THE MALMESBURY ELECTION PETITION OF 1808; whilst 

 MR. A. W. DUBOURG, as the owner of the Nightingale collection 

 of china, appropriately contributed " A CHAT ON CHINA." THE 

 REV. E. H. GODDARD said a few words as to the objects of interest 

 to be seen on the next day's excursion ; and the proceedings were 

 diversified throughout the evening by the singularly excellent 

 instrumental music of Miss Hussey, Miss King, and Mr. Bartlett. 



THURSDAY, JULY 19th. 



The excursion this day lay wholly in the Wylye Valley, the 

 brakes leaving at 9 o'clock with about thirty Members and making 

 first for WILSFORD CHURCH. Here, as thioughout the day, 

 THE REV. E. H. GODDARD acted as substitute for MR. C. E. 

 PONTING, F.S.A., and gave the Members shortly the substance of 

 the latter's valuable notes on the architectural history of the 

 Churches, &c., visited, Mr. Pouting himself being prevented from 

 being present. Here THE REV. F. W. MACDONALD, the Rector, 

 added further particulars as to the history of the monuments, &c. 



The next point on the programme was LITTLE LANGFORD 

 CHURCH, where the remarkable Norman doorway was the chief 

 thing to see. STOCKTON CHURCH^ came next, with its many 

 objects of interest, and after this THE ALMSHOUSES, and the 

 MANOR HOUSE, which the new occupants, MR. & MRS. KNOWLES, 

 who were in the act of moving in, most kindly allowed the party 

 to wander over, and admire the beautiful panelling and plaster 

 ceilings and mantelpieces for which the house is famous. Those 



' Stockton Church, see Wilts Arch. Mag., vol. xx., p. 107 ; for the Manor 

 House, see lb., vol. xii., p. 105. 



