REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE. 7 



Society at Taunton, for tlie reception and safe custody of 

 those objects which illustrate the Archasological and 

 Natural History of the County. Without such a Museum 

 many of the most interesting relics of antiquity would soon 

 be lost or forgotten, and others would be comparatively 

 valueless except as associated with objects in the Museum 

 of similar character. They would therefore earnestly solicit 

 contributions of this nature for the Museum, and would at 

 the same time suggest, that the value of such gifts or 

 deposits would be greatly enhanced, if they are accom- 

 panied with a careful Statement of the time, place, and 

 chrcumstances of their discovery. 



" By a pecuniary grant, under the judicious direction of 

 the Rev. H. M. Scarth, the Society has been instrumental 

 during the past year in the timely preservation of the 

 interesting chambered Sepulchral Tumulus at Wellow, in 

 the neighbourhood of Bath, and the Committee greatly 

 desire the Funds of the Society were such as to enable 

 them to do rnore in this way. 



" The portfolio of the Society has been enriched during 

 the past year by several interesting photographs of Archi- 

 tectural Bemains in the County, contributed by J. B. 

 Donne, Esq. The value of the faithful delineations sup- 

 plied by this process cannot be over-estimated, and the 

 Committee would greatly rejoice to find that the Members 

 who practice the Photographie art, are turning their 

 attention to this means of aiding Archajological Science. 

 They would likewise suggest that photographs of Geolo- 

 gical Sections would be of great Service towards com- 

 pleting the Natural History of the County. 



" The British Archseological Association having fixed 

 upon Bridgwater for holding their Annual Congress, (at 

 which place the Somersetshire Archajological Society had 



