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Giosvenor Arms at 7.0 p.m., when, after the usual loyal toast and tlie 

 healths of the Mayor and the President, the curfew hell, which is 

 still nightly rung at Shaftesbury, sounded at S o'clock, and a move was 

 made to the Town Hall, where an evening meeting Avas to he held. 



A paper was read by Rev. T. Perkins " On the desii-ability of a Photo- 

 graphic Survey of the County," which will be found in this volume. 

 Considerable discussion ensued, in which the I'resident, Secretary, Rev. 

 F. Weaver, Mr. T. A. Colfox, and others took part, and it was finally 

 decided to appoint a committee, consisting of Rev. W. Perkins (-who Avas 

 afterwards elected Director of the committee), Captain Acland, Mr. C. 

 C. H. D'Aeth, Rev. ^V. Miles Barnes, Mr. T. A. Colfox, and the Hon. 

 Secretary cx-officio. Details were to be settled by the committee, but 

 the outline was that members of the Club and others ready to help should 

 photograph all subjects of a suitable nature Avithin their allotted portion 

 of the county, Avhicli Avas to be divided up according to convenience of 

 Avorking, ind that these photographs should be mounted in albums and kept 

 at the Dorset County Museum. The meeting broke up at about 10 p.m. 



Second Day.— On the morning of Wednesday, July 12th, the number 

 taking jmrt in the meeting Avas increased to about 85, including 15 of the 

 inhabitants of Shaftesbury, Avho Avere invited by the Club to take part 

 in the excursion. Leaving the Grosvenor Arms at about 10 a.m., the 

 party d'-ove through pretty Avooded scenery to old Wardour Castle, a Avell 

 preserved ruin, Avhere a paper Avas read by Rev. T. Perkins " On Old 

 Wardour," Avhich Avill be found, illustrated by three vieAvs of the old 

 castle, in this volume. After an inspection of the ruins, in which the 

 large banqueting hall Avas a striking feature, the party made their Avay to 

 the new castle, the residence of Lord Arundell, Avho courteously conducted 

 the Club through some of the rooms containing family portraits and other 

 pictures by Rubens, Vandyke, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Sir Thomas LaAvrence, 

 &c., and provided refreshments for them. An irouAVood tree groAving near 

 the ruins Avas a source of much interest. It Avas of very large size and 

 split up almost from the base into numerous trunks. It had been brought 

 from S. America, and certainly flourished Avell in its adopted soil. 



Whilst at the neAv castle the party Avere admitted in detachments into 

 the adjoining chapel, erected in 1776 after a design by Quarenghi, a 

 Venetian. The altar is composed of agate, alabaster, and rare marbles ; 

 the sarcophagus of verd-antique. In the vestry are several beautiful 

 vestments richly embroidered. The altar piece is by Guisepe Cadiz, an 

 eminent Spanish artist of the last century, and there are several other 

 good paintings. 



