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was imminent, and there was much speculation as to what the 

 architect would do with the pews which are good Jacobean work 

 and probably date from the earliest days of the system. The 

 general feeling was that he ought to preserve them. In the 

 chancel are some remains of stained glass of the same period as 

 that in the Chapel of S. Katherine, Batheaston ; the figures 

 made out were the Virgin Mary, S. Anna, S. John the Evangelist, 

 and S. Margaret, with the legend, " Please God so be it ;" there 

 were also several coats of arms, and under one the date 1525. 

 On several of the brasses the lettering was of much earlier character 

 than the actual dates recorded. The last Earl of Peterborough 

 and Monmouth was buried in the chancel in 1814, and in a 

 chapel on the north side is a white marble tomb to Henry Earl of 

 Danby, second son to Sir John Danvers, died ] G43. He was the 

 patron of George Herbert, who married his daughter. In the 

 same place is a thirteenth century stone coffin found in the church- 

 yard. The paths are paved with old grave-stones. Having been 

 reminded that the stream close by was the everwinding Bath 

 Avon, the members walked back to Dauntsey, so as to reach 

 home at 6 o'clock, and had just gained the shelter of the station 

 when the first storm of the day came down. 



JLA.ESBURY AND EBBOR ROCKS. 



The Secretary's programme for Tuesday, May 20th, apparently 

 at first sight not a very attractive one, promised well, however, 

 to those who knew the beauties of the Mendips : and they were 

 not disappointed. A geological and botanical walk from Maes- 

 bury to Ebbor rocks perhaps to the general run of members 

 seemed uninteresting ; but those who turned out at the Maesbury 

 station from the 9.5 train from Bath were evidently scientifically 

 minded, and duly braced up for a long walk with little to eat — 

 and this they experienced before the day was finished. The 

 camp on the top, to the east of the station, could not be passed 

 over by the most enthusiastic naturalist, and accordingly an 



