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Salisbury, by Mrs. C. R. Straton, which has since been published, and o£ which 

 a notice appears above. A short paper on the Position of Tumuli, by P. J. 

 Bennett, F.G.S., is written in support of a theory of the writer's that iu the 

 neighbourhood of Marlborough and elsewhere there is a connection between 

 bourne and barrow, and that barrows were often intentionally placed near the 

 heads or banks of bournes or streams. He suggests that these were the tombs 

 of water worshippers, with the low-lying Avebury as the centre of their 

 worship — whilst the barrows on the hill-tops, with Stonehenge as their temple, 

 were those of the worshippers of fire — a theory which can hardly be said to 

 have large foundations to rest upon. The number also includes copies of 

 ancient documents by Mr. Maiden and Lord Arundel of Wardour, supplemental 

 notes on South Wilts botany, by Mr. E. J. Tatum, and a survey of the Close 

 in 1649. 



The Birds of Britford. An; interesting lecture on this subject, given by the 

 Eev. A. P. Morres, at the Blackmore Museum. Reported at length in the 

 Salisbury Journal, Dec. 7th, 1895. No one is more competent than Mr. 

 Morres to lecture on such a subject, but better things might have been expected 

 of him than the pernicious encouragement which he deliberately gives at the 

 end of his lecture to the shooting of all rare birds so long as it is done to enrich 

 " a collection." Most genuine naturalists will feel delighted that the Hen 

 Harrier at Dogdean did not succumb to the wiles of the farmer, and was not 

 honoured by a place in Mr. Morres' collection. There are many lovers of birds 

 — the writer of these lines amongst them — who would willingly go many 

 miles to enjoy the sight of such a bird hunting in the flesh, who would 

 not say " Thank you " to see it stuffed in a case. What with collectors, 

 gamekeepers, and women's hats, the wonder is that any interesting birds at all 

 survive in the British Isles, or indeed in the world. 



Salisbury and Constance. A Memoir of Bishop Hallam. A lecture 

 delivered in the Blackmore Museum, Salisbury, by Canon Kingsbury, Dec. 

 9th, 1895. Reported in Wilts County Mirror, Dec. 13th. The author deals 

 especially with the action of the Bishop at the Council of Constance, 1414 — 

 1416, where he took the lead among the English representatives in advocating 

 unity and reform, and, dying before its conclusion, was buried in the Cathedral 

 of that city. 



Grilbert Burnet, Bishop of Salisbury. A lecture delivered at Salisbury, 

 by the Dean, ou the life, character, and work of Bishop Burnet, is partially 

 reported in Salisbury Journal, Jan. 4th, and Wilts County Mirror, Jan. 

 3rd, 1896. 



Life in Salisbuiy in the XVth Centuiy. A lecture at the Blackmore 

 Museum, Salisbury, by the Rev. E. H. Clutterbuck, F.S.A. Wilts County 

 Mirror, Feb. 7th, 1896. This lecture is based principally upon the Church- 

 wardens' Accounts of S. Thomas's and S. Edmund's, which have since been 

 published. The lecturer regards Salisbury as being for the South of England 

 a complete compendium of mediaeval customs, and few people are better able 

 to speak with authority on the subject than he is. Incidentally he mentions 

 a number of interesting survivals of ancient customs in South Wilts and 



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