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then remain there fur ever. He thought some immediate public steps 
should be taken, by means of a public meeting, or some other method 
of getting at the views of the leading men of Wiltshire, who should 
treat outspokenly with this matter. He thought Sir Edmund 
Antrobus should feel that he occupied a very important position in 
being practically the master of this monument, and that, through 
whatever channel he was most accessible, they should appeal to him 
to help them to carry out that object. They did not wish to throw 
any expense upon him. If he would throw the monument over to the 
public the public would take care of it. Some meeting in Salisbury, 
and notices put forward in a way which would touch the feelings, 
not merely of the men who know Stonehenge well, but the feelings 
of the whole of England, were, he thought, practicable; and their 
Society was the proper means of doing it. If no one suggested 
anything else, he should propose that the meeting sanction the 
appointment of a committee, or ask the Council of the Society, to 
undertake this work. 
Prorsessor Rurert Jones continued the discussion, and reported 
that the Geological Society, which had lately paid a visit to Stone- 
henge, considered that something should be done for its preservation, 
that they had communicated with General Pitt Rivers on the subject, 
and tried to induce the owner to place it under national care. 
The Rev. C. Soames suggested the propriety of approaching Sir 
Edmund Antrobus, and enlisting his assent and co-operation with 
the Society ; and Canon Jackson advocated a general remonstrance 
from the geological, antiquarian, and other scientific societies ; so 
that, the question being taken up by the national societies, and not 
by the Wiltshire Society alone, Sir E. Antrobus might be inclined 
to listen to them. 
After some further conversational discussion it was proposed by 
the Presipent “ That the Council of the Society be hereby requested 
to put itself in communication with the Archeological, Antiquarian, 
and Scientific Societies in London, with a view of common action 
in the direction of carrying out some measures for the preservation 
of Stonehenge.” This was seconded by the Rev. C. Soamzs, and 
unanimously agreed to. 
