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in May. We shall also be able to publish the reports of the 

 Field Meetings, and the papers read at the Winter Meetings, 

 earlier than heretofore. As regards the condition of the Club, 

 I am glad to be able to report continued progress. We have 

 lost by resignation several Members : by death, two. The 

 death of Mr G. B. Witts was in a sense sudden, and will mean 

 much for the welfare of the Archaeology of otu: County — 

 especially in its prehistoric aspect. Mr Cockshott had not 

 been out with the Club of recent years. He was a most dis- 

 tinguished mathematical scholar, and did much to enhance 

 the reputation of the School — ^my own — "where grateful 

 Science still adores her Henry's holy Shade." 



The Field Meetings were well attended, and I believe, 

 and hope, passed off satisfactorily. I much regret that for a 

 cause well known to you all, I was deprived of the pleasure 

 of entertaining the Club at my house and of showing them 

 the scenic and natural history attractions of Tidenham Chase. 

 I ask to be allowed to have that pleasure this year. 



I was only able to be present at the Long Excursion at 

 Bridport. It was a most enjoyable one, its only drawback, 

 so far as I know, being that we had no local archaeologist to 

 direct us. On our visit to Abbotsbury, we learnt but little 

 or nothing about the Monastery. 



I hope to be able in a few minutes to lay before you some 

 information about it which may prove interesting, both to 

 those who spent the only really hot day of the year in its 

 vicinity — ^I include the Swannery, Gardens, Chesil Bank, and 

 St. Catherine's Chapel — and to those too who are not of our 

 Company. 



The Club is greatly indebted to Mr Charles Bailey and to 

 Mr J. M. Collett, for their generous hospitality. The visits 

 to Haymesgarth, with its wonderful Herbarium, and to 

 Kimsbury House, were much appreciated. Thanks are also 

 due to Mr St. Clair Baddeley, an indispensable guide when 

 Painswick or its neighbourhood is visited, and to Mr Winwood, 

 one of our Vice-Presidents, for organizing and acting as leader 

 when the Club visited Bath. 



