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vicar, the Rev. Bryan King, explaining it. Itis a very fine stone 
Saxon building, but the Norman aisles were added in 1120 to 
1150. The frescoes on the walls having been covered up with 
most substantial mortar for many years were only discovered at 
the restoration of the church a few years ago. The font is Saxon, 
with Norman ornament, the bowl being carved with the figure of 
a bishop, holding a Bible and piercing with his crozier a fallen 
serpent. The three circular windows in the north aisle are re- 
markable, and so is the “ squint ” leading from the chancel to the 
north aisie. Over the chancel arch is a beautifully preserved 
painted rood screen, and within the chancel a monumental tablet 
to John Truslow (1593), whose family owned the manor and 
whose descendants, now in America, have assisted in the restora- 
tion of the church. 
After lunch the visitors walked to Silbury hill, distant about a 
mile, and ascended it. Considerable discussion ensued as to the 
probability of its having been raised by former inhabitants of the 
place, but its height (170 feet) and the angle of its formation 
appear to be not in accordance with this theory, and it was 
believed by some to have been a natural hill whose height has 
been increased for some purpose, possibly sepulchral. 
On returning to Devizes a short visit was paid to the Museum, 
and the Church of S. John was shown by the Rev. G. A. Cowan. 
It is a fine edifice, and as restored and enlarged will hold 1,000 
persons. Some decorations, supposed to be Norman, have been 
removed from the exterior of the north wall to make way for a 
large transept window, but generally the Church appears to have 
been well restored. 
After viewing other Churches and the monuments in the fine 
Market place, the party returned to Bath, arriving at 5.25 p.m. 
Wardour Castle—The third excursion of the season was to 
Wardour Castle, on Tuesday, 24th of June. The G.W.R. 
authorities having obligingly secured two compartments for the 
party in the 8.51 a.m. train to Salisbury, some fifteen members 
