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therefore, to fall back on liorse-drawu vehicleH, whicli for several 

 years liad been displaced on the Society's excursions l)y motor 

 busses. The weatlier, too, was a subject of much anxiety : what 

 would happen if the party were caught in heavy rain on the top 

 of the downs ? In truth the morning did not look veiy promising 

 and the long-continued wet weather preceding the Meeting was not 

 propitious. As it turned out, however, tlie weather was on the 

 whole excellent for the special circumstances of the day. It was 

 not hot, and there was a considerable breeze, which was just as 

 well in view of the amount of walking which had to l)e done. 



The brakes left the Bear Hotel at 9,45 and the party found 

 themselves at OLIVER'S CAMP about 10.30 after walking up the 

 steep ascent to Koundway Down. From the extreme point of the 

 camp tliere is on a tine clear day perhaps the noblest of all the 

 noble views which the County of Wilts affords, but the day was 

 misty and the more distant points invisible. Still, even so, tlie 

 outlook was beautiful. Here MR. B. H. CUNNINGTON gave 

 some account of the work of excavation wliich Mrs. Cunnington 

 and himself carried out on the spot in 1907, whilst THE PRESIDENT 

 pointed out the geological features of the country which lay spread 

 out like a map below the down. From this point both private 

 motors — of which at one period of the day there were twelve in 

 the procession — and the brakes made their way across Kings Play 

 Down and so to the main road, which they followed past Shepherd's 

 Shore and the water works, turning up a drove-way to the left 

 soon after passing the latter point. Here on the down between 

 Morgan's Hill and C)l(ll)ury are several barrows, amongst, llicni. close 

 together, perhaps the finest example of what Iloare calls a " Pond 

 liarrow," and a " Ifing Jkirrow," with a mound of some size in the 

 centre of the ring. Neither of these ty])es are common, and ^[embers 

 who liad left Uie bralces and nrntois to visit tliem weic niueb in- 

 terested in M1\S. CUNNINGTON'S remarivs on tlit^r characteristic 

 features. iMiteritig the bi-akes again, tlu^ jiarty dr»>\'e to the foot 

 of the down on which OLDlU'in CAS'l'IJ': slan.ls. walkiiiu^ some 

 half-mile up lo the mnmniient, where MR. ( T \ N I N'( JT^ )N said 

 what- there was to be said about, the eamp, and I'llOl'l'.-^X )i: \\n\\) 



