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however, left the Market Place at 9 a.m. in three brakes for 

 OLIVER'S CAMP, which was visited under the guidance of Mrs. 

 Cunnington, who explained the results of the excavations carried 

 out by Mr Cunnington and herself. 



Mr. Albany Major thought the ditch must have been filled up 

 in order to facilitate the storming of the rampart during an attack 

 on the Camp, but Mrs. Cunnington pointed out the unreasonable- 

 ness of this supposition and contended that it was more likely to 

 have been done deliberately in later times for some agricultural 

 purpose. 



From the Camp the brakes took the party to BISHOPS CAN- 

 NINGS CHURCH, where the Rev. H. Gk 0. Kendall acted as guide 

 and brought them back to Devizes by 1 o'clock, and so one of the most 

 memorable Archaeological Meetings ever held in the County came 

 to an end. The total numbers attending at some point of the pro- 

 gramme were 110 Cambrians and 71 Wiltshire members, and 

 though on several of the excursions considerably less than this 

 total were present, at Old Sarum on the other hand, counting local 

 people who assembled to meet the Societies, probably not less than 

 250 were present, a larger number probably than has ever attended 

 any Archaeological excursion in the county before- In spite, how- 

 ever, of the difficulty of conveying such a large number from 

 place to place, time was kept to the minute throughout the pro- 

 ceedings, and Mr. B. H. Cunnington, upon whom the whole weight 

 of the arrangements for the meeting fell, well deserved the praises 

 which he received both from members of our own Society and from 

 the Welshmen upon his admirable organisation, in the carrying 

 out of which he was greatly aided by Mr. Sandell, who acted as 

 his lieutenant throughout this highly successful meeting. The 

 profits of the meeting were shared in due proportion between the 

 two Societies, our own share amounting to £6 8s. 4d. 



