Fridays Excursion. 183 
1685, down to the present time. In connection with his paper Mr, 
Yates exhibited the charter granted to the incorporated Guild of 
Carpet Weavers by William III., the silver seals of the Weavers’ 
Fellowship, the stewards badge, and the weavers’ banner. 
Mr. Mepticorr, in proposing a vote of thanks to Mr. Yates, 
took the opportunity of thanking him, on behalf of the Society, for 
the great hospitality he had shown to the Members, and for the very 
great pains he had taken to make the Meeting a success in every 
way. He also cordially acknowledged the ungrudging labour so 
cheerfully given by the Local Secretary to the Meeting, Mr. H. J. 
Kine, upon whom the brunt of the arrangements had fallen, and 
expressed the great sense of obligation which all those Members 
who came from a distance were under to the inkabitants of Wilton 
generally—as many as thirty beds having been placed at their 
disposal. The Society had often met with great hospitality before, 
but at no place had it met with greater than at Wilton. 
Mr. Mep.icort mentioned, by request of Mr. James RawLence, 
_ that he would be happy to show any Members interested in orni- 
thology his fine collection of birds, including one of the very few 
specimens—it for some time claimed to be the on/y one—of the 
Hawk Owl (Surnia funerea) known to have been killed in England. 
This bird is a Wiltshire specimen, and was killed at Amesbury about 
thirty-five years ago. 
A vote of thanks to Tur BisHop for presiding, who, in reply, 
expressed a hope that a good round sum would be raised for the 
Jackson Memorial, brought the proceedings to a close. 
FRIDAY, JULY 8lsr. 
A somewhat smaller party than that of the preceding day left the 
Town Hall at 9.30, to visit the Churches of the Chalke Valley. 
The first Church visited was that of Combe Bisset, where Mr. 
Pontine called attention to the remaining Norman column with its 
‘rich capital, and a pier of the original Church, and the bold and well 
designed later work of the fifteenth century, of which the bulk of 
the present nave is composed. 
At Stratford Tony the party were met by Taz Vicar, who was 
