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Suspected, taken, he escapes at last, 
And all supposed the danger now was past— 
When JupitH’s brother, in the dead of night, 
Heard his grand-niece who shook with cold and fright, ; 
Tell how she ’scaped the murderer’s hand by flight ; 
‘Wake! wake ! she’s murdered !’ was the frightful cry ; 
*T heard the blow! I almost saw her die.’ 
They found her lying on the garden mould, 
Mangled with dreadful wounds, quite dead and ct} 
A sight to shock the weak, and almost scare the bold.” 
I tender my very best thanks to Mr. J. T. Hand, of Halifax, 
Canon Jackson, and Mrs. Sampson, for the valuable assistance they 
have given me in making these collections: it is only an attempt 
to help some future historian. 
Subscriptions for the Sloper Collection. 
SN November, 1885, a favourable opportunity occurred of 
obtaining, for the Museum, the collection of fossils formed 
by Mr. G. E. Sloper, and his late brother, Mr. S. W. Sloper. 
The accumulation of these specimens was the pursuit of the 
late owners for nearly half-a-century. They were obtained from 
railway cuttings, and from quarries long since disused; and include 
many rarities such as cannot now be found in the county. Some 
friends who knew the collection strongly urged that the purchase 
should be made; but at the time, the available funds of the Society 
were temporarily engaged in publishing. It was therefore resolved 
to appeal to the Members for subscriptions. The event proved, as 
usual, that Wiltshiremen are always ready to support the progress 
of natural science, as well as archeology. The amount was speedily 
raised, with a small balance towards the necessary alterations of 
