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attend to he was unable to be present at the Meeting, as he, with 
Lady Lansdowne, otherwise would have been. The visitors were 
then allowed to make an unrestrained inspection of the rooms, with 
all their treasures of literature and art, including some of the master- 
pieces of painting and sculpture; and afterwards a stroll through 
the Italian gardens, the grounds, the pinery, &c., brought on 5 
o'clock, the hour of departure, when—the carriages being ready— 
the visitors took a reluctant departure and farewell of each other, as 
fellow-archeologists, until next year, and the drive home was com- 
menced. Calne was reached at 6 o’clock, in good time for the 
train, and the company having taken their several departures, one 
of the most delightful Meetings the Society has yet enjoyed was 
brought to an end. 
We must not omit to add that an admirable little map of the 
country traversed in each day’s drive was prepared by the Rev. W. 
__ C. Plenderleath, and presented to everyone who joined in the several 
excursions, 
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Bot owt “the Churches bisited by the Society 
in August, 1sss. 
By C. E. Pontine, F.S.A. 
; [The Sollowing Notes were prepared (and in part delivered) by Mr. 
Donsing Sor the information of the Society on their last Annual Excursion. ] 
Tuesday, August 7th, 1888. 
CuourcH or THE BuEsseD Vircin Mary. Caine. 
GHIS CHURCH is of unusually varied plan and history, but 
I s the evidence ef the changes which had previously taken 
- place ih the adjacent parts has become difficult to follow, owing to 
, the obliteration or alteration of many traces by the fall of the 
