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in banded mail, happily still in excellent preservation. Mr, Gray 

 also acted as guide at the adjoining King John's House, which the 

 late Gen. Pitt Eivers had restored and opened to the public filled 

 with pictures and other objects of art, as a sort of museum of the 

 arts and crafts. Since his death, however, it has again become a 

 private residence, and the Society was indebted to Major and the 

 Hon. Mrs. Hopldnson for permission to see the interior of the 

 house. The panelling of one of the upstairs rooms has recently 

 been removed by the owner and placed in another house, and Mr. 

 Gray mentioned that in doing this traces of another 13th century 

 window were found, which, however, still remains plastered over 

 in the wall. From the garden the Members walked along the 

 private woodland path leading to the Larmer Grounds, some half- 

 mile distant, where in one of the many pavilions or houses tea was 

 ready for them. After tea Mr. Gray conducted the party round 

 the various " houses," built by the late General Pitt Kivers at great 

 expense, and in his time frequented by crowds of people, who often 

 came from great distances. Nowadays, however, though the 

 grounds are still nicely kept up by means of the endowment which 

 he left, the number of visitors is very much smaller. Walking 

 back again to Tollard the Members there rejoined their motors 

 and arrived at Shaftesbury within a minute or two of the scheduled 

 time. 



The Evening Meeting was again held in the Town Hall, at 8 

 o'clock, when Mr. Heywood Sumner read an interesting paper on 

 " The Earthworks of Cranborne Chase." 



THUKSDAY, JULY 9th. 



This day was devoted to an expedition to Sherborne. Leaving 

 Shaftesbury at 9.30 a.m. in the motors, they arrived at Milborne 

 Port Church, at 10.15. Here the Kev. E. H. Goddard gave, from 

 notes specially prepared by Mr. C. E. Pouting, F.S.A,, an account 

 of the very interesting Early Norman (or Saxon ?) features of the 

 chancel and tower, some of which are extremely puzzling and do 

 not seem to have received the attention they merit hitherto. Pro- 

 ceeding from this point under the guidance of Mr. E. A. Eawlence, 



