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These were small, and had contained burnt bones. A 

 large full-sized marble sarcophagus has lately been found 

 near London, at Clapton, which is the first marble one 

 discovered in England, it contains a medallion on the front, 

 which is fluted ; the medallion is not decipherable, except the 

 last word, which seems to be "MARITIMIVS." A marble 

 sarcophagus is mentioned by Bede as being found at Gran- 

 chester, near Cambridge, and used for the interment of a 

 Saxon Abbess. 



In the grounds at Stourhead is a temple designed 

 after the plan of the Pantheon at Rome, in which is a fine 

 marble statue of Livia A ugusta ; she bears wheat ears in 

 her right hand, and in the left a patera. This is original, 

 and was brought from Italy. The remaining statues are 

 copies, viz., " Diana," " Flora," " Hercules," " Faunus," 

 " Meleager," and " Isis." 



The head woodman, a very intelligent man, showed the 

 Members an ancient spear-head found at Hanley Wood, near 

 Bruton, in 1867. Length, 8^ in. ; breadth, If in. Also a 

 Roman horse-shoe found at the Pen Pitts, and a natural 

 war hatchet, formed by the root of a beech tree, spreading 

 itself over a portion of Split Basaltic rock so as completely 

 to embed it, and thus became a formidable weapon. It was 

 found by him inside the bed of the river Tweed, near Kelso. 



Sketches were taken of the spear-head and horse-shoe by 

 a Member of the Club. 



Another day, Bowood and Laycock Abbey were visited. 

 Arrived at Calne, the Members made several fruitless at- 

 tempts to reach the former place by a short cross-country 

 route, and eventually arrived by the principal entrance from 

 Calne. Owing to the absence, however, of the Dowager 

 Marchioness, a view of the interior and the pictures was not 

 permitted, the gardens and pleasure grounds, with the 

 American Arboretum, being alone on view. From Bowood 



