182 The Thirty-eighth General Meeting. 
his own, and that ke has given his magnificent collection of arms of 
all ages, occupying a large building by itself, to the museum of the 
University of Oxford. As it was, there was only time to glance at 
what many would have been glad to spend hours in examining. 
Implements and weapons of bronze and iron, and ornaments of gold, 
Greek, Roman, Celtic, Hungarian are there in profu8ion; but 4.30 
arrived, and the train at Tisbury would not wait, so the breaks were 
filled again, and with many thanks for the great kindness of their 
host and hostess, the party set forth to find the sky rapidly clouding 
over again and a thunderstorm coming up, which burst in great 
fury over their devoted heads before they attained the shelter of the 
station. However, with the help of macintoshes and rugs, with 
which most of the party were prudently provided, they escaped without 
serious wetting, though the difficulty so strongly felt the previous 
night as to where the necessary water came from for the excavation 
of the combes in the chalk no longer seemed so great. 
Returning by train to Wilton, they were entertained by the 
Mayor and Mayoress at high tea, following on which came the 
Conversazione at the Town Hall. In the absence of the President 
the Bisuor or Saispury took the chair, and called on Mr. C. W. 
Ho.wwate to read his paper on “ Wilts Bibliography.” This was an 
able reswmé of what has already been done and of what remains to 
be done towards the compilation of an account of all printed books 
and pamphlets relating to the history of Wiltshire—a work which 
Canon Jackson had paid great attention to, and in connection with 
which at his death he left a large mass of material—which it is 
hoped may yet be placed at the disposal of those who are working 
at this important subject. 
Tur Bisuop, remarking on the great interest and importance of 
the work of compiling such a guide to the literature of Wiltshire, 
proposed that a committee should be formed to consider the matter, 
and cooperate with Mr. Holgate in the task he had undertaken. 
Mr. Parpor Yarss then read an interesting paper on the history 
of the carpet industry at Wilton, tracing it from its commencement 
with the settlement of French carpet weavers at Wilton, driven 
from their own country by the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 
