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Guerin promised that steps would be taken to accomplish this 

 in the near future. The weather, though threatening at times, 

 kept fine and greatly enhanced the enjoyment of the day's 

 excursion. 



In the evening a soiree was held at the Guille-Alles 

 Library, having for its chief attraction an exhibition of 

 photographs of local antiquities by the Guernsey Photographic 

 Society. Light refreshments were provided. During the 

 evening Mr. R. R. Lempriere, Yicomte of Jersey, in a well- 

 worded and humorous speech, thanked this Society for the 

 arrangements made for entertaining the Societe Jersiaise 

 which had proved so successful. They would take back to 

 Jersey many pleasant memories of all they had seen in 

 Guernsey and of the various new friends they had made. 

 One thing he could congratulate Guernsey on was their 

 Dolmens. Those in Jersey had not received the same atten- 

 tion and exploration which ours had, and they must give their 

 attention to a more systematic examination. In concluding 

 he asked the Guernsey Society of Natural Science to accept 

 a set of the publications of the Societe Jersiaise for their 

 Library. This much appreciated gift was accepted with 

 acclamation. The richly-bound set of 12 volumes was on 

 view during the evening. The party broke up soon after 10 

 o'clock. 



The visitors returned to Jersey the next day (Saturday, 

 August 7th), being seen off at the White Rock by several 

 members of the Council, and all expressed themselves as 

 charmed with the reception accorded them, and the very inte- 

 resting time they had had. 



On a later date, at a special Council Meeting of the 

 Society, it was unanimously resolved that the Hon. Secretary 

 should send in writing the thanks of the Society for the 

 valuable gift of bound volumes of the publications of the 

 Societe Jersiaise, also formulating the hope that a represen- 

 tative party of this Society might pay a return visit to Jersey 

 during the next year. This letter was duly despatched and 

 was acknowledged by the Hon. Secretary of the Societe 

 Jersiaise expressing the great pleasure that a return visit 

 would afford them, and saying they would do their best to 

 show our members the interesting parts of Jersey in the same 

 way as this Society had done to them in respect of Guernsey. 



Later in August, on the 26th, another party from Jersey, 

 which included most of those who had come earlier in the 

 month, paid a short visit to Guernsey to carry out the excur- 

 sion to Herm, which had had to be abandoned on the 5th 



