BRADFORD-ON-AVON AND BATH MEETING. Ivii. 



Boyd led the party round the church, pointing out divers objects 

 of special interest, particularly the monuments, in which the 

 abbey is notably rich, richer indeed, it is said, than any such 

 building in England save the great sanctuary of Westminster. 

 The party noticed the medallion bust of the actor Quin, who 

 is buried in the abbey, with the dedicatory lines by his 

 compeer Garrick ; the canopied tomb of Sir William Waller, 

 who commanded the Parliamentary forces at the battle of 

 Lansdown ; the mural tablet to Malthus, author of the famous 

 essay on " Population ; " Lieut. Willoughby, who blew up the 

 magazine at Delhi ; and the monuments to Alan, Lord Gardner; 

 to Beau Nash, the King of Fashion and controller of ceremonies 

 at Bath until his death in 1761 at the age of 87; to William 

 Bingham, by Flaxman ; and to Mary, third daughter of Richard 

 Frampton, of Moreton another name familiar to Dorset folk 

 and Jane, his wife, with a long panegyric by Dryden. 



After luncheon at the hotel the party, under the guidance of 

 Mr. T. S. Bush, visited the Museum, which contains a large 

 quantity of Roman antiquities and also geological, palseonto- 

 logical, mineral, and ornithological collections. The Club 

 were received by the Rev. H. H. Winwood, Chairman of the 

 Museum Committee, and Mr. Davy, the Secretary. From this 

 museum they walked, accompanied by Messrs. Winwood, Bush, 

 and Davy, to the Holburne Art Museum, and from thence to the 

 Royal Victoria Park and Botanic Gardens ; the Park contains 

 specimens of almost every British tree, and also many foreign 

 ones. 



The party returned to the hotel for tea, and dispersed shortly 

 before six o'clock. 



