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of the traditions of the Church which had taken place in that im- 
mediate neighbourhood. It seemed perfectly absurd that such places 
as Malmesbury and Lacock should be separated from Salisbury. It 
was very absurd that the rectory of such a representative Wiltshire 
antiquary as they had in Canon Jackson should be outside the 
Diocese of Salisbury. He feared that nothing could be done to 
undo this mistake on the part of some of their predecessors: on 
whom the blame rested he did not know. Nothing could be done, 
he supposed; but he would say this—-that if the Society thought 
fit to invite him to go across the borders of the diocese (of course 
with the leave of the Bishop of Gloucester) he should very much 
enjoy any such excursion into that part of North Wilts which was 
separated from the Diocese of Salisbury. He did not know what 
the previous line of excursion had been, but he just threw that out 
now, at the beginning of this Meeting, and wished to say that, 
though he was very grateful to the Committee for having provided 
for a Meeting within the Salisbury borders for this year, still, he 
would be very glad, if they were spared to live to next year, if he 
were invited to act as President of their Meeting somewhere within 
the borders of his brother of Gloucester, within this great County of 
Wilts. He thought that just as they had seen the Lambeth Con- 
ference throw out feelers to all the Churches outside—to the Scandi- 
navians, to the old Catholics, and to many others—the Greeks far 
distant and to others nearer— saying it was thought desirable that 
renewed affectionate intercourse should be established between 
different parts of the Christian Church, unhappily divided from one 
another ; so he would like to throw out a feeler in his own way, 
and to feel himself at home, as President of the Wiltshire Archzo- 
logical Society, within that part of the county which unfortunately 
was no longer an integral part of the diocese. He would now ask 
their leave to close this Meeting. He could only repeat the hope 
that they might hear others very much better worth hearing than 
himself, and that they might do what he believed was one of the 
‘most important parts of gatherings like that—learn to know one 
another personally very much better at the end of the three days 
than they did now. 
