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THE BEITISÏÏ ISLES. 



ill wbicli tliey were before the Puritans robbed tbem of their numerous ornaments. 

 The cloisters and adjoining chapter-house, octagonal in form, and with a vaulted 

 roof supported by a central pillar, need not fear comparison with similar structures 

 in other parts of the world.* The Salisbury Museum contains Dr. Blackmore's 

 collection of prehistoric remains, the valuable American collections of Squiers 

 and Davis, and numerous other objects of interest. Amongst its remains of 



Fig. 7 i.— Salisbury and Stonehenqe. 

 Scale 1 : 108,000. 



••';->„•" Tumulus 



2 Miles. 



mediaeval architecture, the finest example is a banqueting hall, built about 1470 

 by John Hall, a wool-stapler, and now used as a china store. Salisbury carries on 

 a large trade in wool, and manufactures a little cutlery. Important sheep fairs 

 are held at the village of Britford, a couple of miles to the south of it. Wilton, to 

 the westward, at the confluence of the Wiley and Nadder, has a carpet factory, and 



♦ Aniédée Pithot, '■ L' Irlande et le pays de Guiles." 



