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palmy days, which was hung behind the President’s chair. He 
expressed an opinion that the biographical section of the county 
history had been somewhat neglected in the Society’s publications, 
and hoped that more attention would be paid to this in the future. 
This brought the evening’s proceedings to a close. 
FRIDAY, AUGUST lst. 
Forty-three Members started on the second day’s excursion, which 
left Devizes at 9.20. The weather looked gloomy but happily only 
a few showers fell, and the heaviest of these was timed most con- 
veniently, as on the previous day, to come down whilst the arche- 
ologists were safely under cover at lunch, whilst towards evening 
things brightened and the sun came out. Indeed, on the whole, 
the weather could not have been better for both days’ excursions. 
Dust—which is often so trying on such occasions—was entirely 
absent, and the temperature was cool and pleasant. 
The first stoppage was at Potterne Church, where ARCHDEACON 
Bucuanan read a short account of the building, pointing out 
especially the ancient Saxon font, the thirteenth century north door, 
and a rubbing of the undecipherable inscription on one of the bells 
(see vol. xvi., p. 281). After having duly admired this fine thirteenth 
century Church, the Porch House was next visited, the history of 
which was shortly described by Mz. Watrer Bucuanan (see vol. 
xvi. p. 287). After wandering over the delightful old house so 
lavishly restored by Mr. Richmond, and admiring the many bits 
of ancient glass collected from various sources in its windows, the 
party drove on to Market Lavington, where the Church was carefully 
described by Mr. Pontine. 
The next stopping-place was Erchfont, where the archeologists 
found a Church in some respects the most interesting of any visited 
this year, and which, never having been visited by the Society 
_ before, was new, as, indeed, were also the four Churches next visited, 
to most of the Members. ‘The interest here centred in the beautiful 
and very unusual early fourteenth century chancel, which—with its 
_ vaulted roof, its ridge stones and singular fleur-de-lys, showing that 
_ the roof was originally covered with stone slabs, as the south porch 
