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its owners. Crossing the road the fine Jacol^ean MANOR HOUSE 

 was visited, and the Members were very kindly received by 

 GEN. AND MRS. DICKSON, and allowed to see everything in the 

 house. Here THE PRESIDENT spoke of the features of the 

 architecture as seen in the fine stone front and in the panelled 

 hall with its Jacobean screen still intact, which make it one of 

 the finest buildings of its period in the county. At the time of 

 the Society's visit the house was empty, Gen. Dickson liaving 

 recently purchased it, and extensive repairs must take place l)efore 

 it can again be inhabited. From Keevil the party went on to 

 CLEEVE HOUSE, SEEND, which was reached witli punctuality 

 at 5.30. Here they were most hospitaljly entertained at tea by 

 THE PRESIDENT AND MRS. HE WARD BELL, and the time, all 

 too short, l)efore it was necessary to start for Seend Station to 

 catch the 6.9 train, by which many of the party left, was spent in 

 the inspection of the valuable series of antique arms, especially 

 early firearms, which with the heads of big game, decorate the 

 walls of the hall, or in admiring atid envying the very extensive 

 series of flowering and other shrubs to be found in the grounds, 

 and more especially the many rare rock plants growing on the 

 rockery which is the central feature of the garden, for the President 

 is a real gardener as well as a geologist, an arch^ologist, and a 

 sportsman. I)efore leaving, the Hon. Secretary expressed the 

 thanks of all present to Mr. and Mrs. Bell, both for the present 

 hospitality and for the way in which the President had done all 

 in his power to help to make the Meeting the success that it 

 certainly was. Everyone agreed that perhaps no previous Meeting 

 had been more enjoyable. The numbers kept up to the last, the 

 weather was all that could be wished, the programme was a varied 

 and interesting one, and the arrangements wore excellent and 



I carefully carried out, for all of wliich. as the Pn^sidcnt had re- 

 iiiindod th(^ company earlier in llie day at lunch. McihIhm-s wert^ 



; very larg(dy indebtiMl to the great amount of houliU; taken by 

 MR. CUNN[N(JT()X, as Local Secretary, to organise success 

 beforehand. The nuM'ting was also most salisfactory from a 

 financial ]u)int of \ic\v, foi- after paying expenses, a balance of 

 £'_M) has IxM'ii handed over to the Society's General I-'und. 



