THE BATH INSTITUTION. 19 



THE ASSOCIATION. 



For the right understanding the occasion on which 

 the ensuing paper was composed, it is expedient to 

 mention that very soon after the opening of the Insti- 

 tution a small body of the members associated them- 

 selves for the purpose of mutual communication on 

 subjects of literature and science. The meetings 

 were held monthly, and a paper was usually read by 

 some member of the Association. The following was 

 one of these papers. The persons to whom in this 

 department the Institution, and indeed after a time 

 the whole population of Bath, were chiefly indebted, 

 were Sir George Gibbes, Dr. Davis, Dr. Langworthy, 

 the Eev. Mr. Kilvert, Mr. Philip Duncan, Mr. S. P. 

 Pratt, Mr. T. S. Davies, Mr. Spender, Mr. Saumarez, 

 Mr. Prebendary Dennis, and Colonel Page, whom I 

 name last on this occasion, but who was one of the 

 most zealous and liberal promoters of the design. 

 There may have been one or two other contributors 

 whose names do not occur to me, nor am I able to 

 state the subjects of each member's communications. 

 As to myself, beside the one which is now printed, 

 I read papers on English Diplomas ; on the Personal 

 Nomenclature of England ; on Armorial Insignia as 

 used in England ; on the nature and resources of 

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