10 MEETINGS. 



The following ladies and gentlemen were elected as 

 members : Miss E. M. Darand and Miss F. M. de la C. 

 Durand, The Villa, Grange ; Hon. C. R. Molesworth, Dunlery, 

 Ville-au-Roi. 



A VISIT TO ST. SAVIOUR'S. 



St. Saviour's is the most unspoiled parish in Guernsey. 

 It is a parish of twisting hills and undulating valleys, a parish 

 which has not been invaded by the grower. There are few 

 glasshouses to spoil its sylvan beauty. On Saturday, July 

 26th, a number of members of the Guernsey Society of 

 Natural Science drove or cycled out to St. Saviour's, making 

 the Parish Church their first objective. 



First of all the Church plate was exhibited. Mr. S. 

 Carey Curtis, the Hon. Secretary, pointed out that St. 

 Saviour's is now the only Guernsey church with the full set 

 of silver plate, chalice, ewer, and paten all of the same pattern, 

 such as could be found in the Guernsey churches at the 

 beginning of the eighteenth century. 



The set at the Castel has been broken by the theft that 

 took place there some time ago. At the Forest the ewer has 

 been melted down to make a more morlern looking article. 

 The pieces of plate in the St. Saviour's set are all dated 1699. 

 The stem of the chalice is shaped like a stair baluster. 

 Hammer marks are visible on the beaten silver, and the 

 vessels are, said Mr. Carey Curtis, most probably of local 

 make. 



The ewer was not intended to contain wine as at present, 

 but was for use at baptisms. The one stolen at the Castel 

 bore an inscription stating that it was for the baptism of 

 infants. Mr. Carey Curtis also showed a huge flagon, dated 

 1734, which is kept in an ancient case made of wood, 

 covered with leather. It would hold five quarts, and is the 

 largest of its kind in the island. 



The Rector of St. Saviour's, the Rev. I. Bibby, said that 

 this large flagon is occasionally used w T hen the other is out of 

 order. Mr. Bibby showed the visitors the old registers of the 

 church. One of these old manuscript books contains the 

 ancient " Dedicaces des Eglises," the authenticity of which is 

 not nowadays accepted. Mr. Bibby said that this copy in the 

 St. Saviour's Church register is the only manuscript one now 

 in existence. From it the printed copies were made. The 

 book in wmich it is written also contains a poem, Avritten 

 presumably by the priest during the time of the Reformation, 

 deploring the happenings in the Church at that time, and 



