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quite ready to do justice to the tea most thoughtfully provided for 
them by Tue Vicar—and after thanking him heartily for his 
kindness, proceeded to the station, and reached Salisbury at 6.20, 
after as thoroughly enjoyable a day as has ever fallen to the lot of 
the Society. Both the arrangements and the weather were perfect, 
for whilst the one allowed of ample time to see all that that there 
was to see at each place visited, the other took the form of a bright 
sun and a pleasant air, with an entire absence of the sweltering 
heat which had been so prevalent for some time before. 
The EVENING CONVERSAZIONE, held at the County Hotel at 8.30, 
was but sparsely attended. The first paper, by Dr. C. R. Srraton, 
was an interesting one on “ Witches’ Brooms,” which led to a 
discussion in which Tur Cuarrman, Tue Bisuor or SAuissury, 
and others took part. After this paper the Members were once 
more indebted to the kindness of some of the Salisbury ladies for 
a musical interlude; which was followed by a paper on “The 
Heraldry of Salisbury Cathedral,” by Tur Rev. E. E. Dorie; 
and this, again, by a paper by Mr. C. E. Pontine, F.S.A., on 
Mere Church, part of which—for time did not allow of the reading 
of the whole of it—was read by Toe Rev. E. H. Gopparp in the 
the author’s absence. All these papers will be found printed in the 
Magazine. 
THURSDAY, JULY 16ru. 
The weather was cool and overcast—just the weather, indeed, 
for a long drive—as the party, numbering about thirty-five, leaving 
Salisbury at 10 o’clock and journeying by rail on the South Western 
line as far as SEMLEY, met their carriages there, and proceeded to 
drive to MERE. About two-and-a-half miles short of that place, 
however, a mishap occurred, which threw out the arrangements 
somewhat, and caused considerable delay. The axle of one of the 
carriages broke, and the occupants had to turn out and walk most 
of the way to Mere. On the way WOODLANDS HOUSE was visited, 
with its very complete fourteenth century chapel (turned into a 
living room and adorned with a fine fireplace early in the seven- 
teenth century) and its later hall and porch. This remarkable 
