Wednesday, July 13th. 



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confidently claim that the Members of your Society are pre- 

 eminently entitled to rank with distinction among those who 



Find tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, 



Sermons in stones, and good in everything. 



THE KEV. E. H. GODDARD followed with a "talk" on the 

 " BKONZE AGE AND LATE CELTIC REMAINS IN WILTSHIRE." 

 He gave a general review of the subject, and so far as time allowed 

 mentioned some of the more interesting finds of the period in the 

 county, illustrating his remarks on the blackboard as he went along. 



THE REV. E. P. KNUBLEY then gave a very interesting " talk " 

 on " THE BIRDS OF THE DISTRICT," mentioning the occurrence 

 of two or three new birds in the county since the publication of 

 Mr. Smith's Birds of Wiltshire, and dwelling especially on the 

 fact that the Dipper had for several years past been trying to 

 establish itself at Castle Combe and the neighbourhood, and was 

 only prevented from spreading by the fact that it was continually 

 shot by keepers under the mistaken notion that it fed on the 

 youthful trout, whereas as a matter of fact it feeds chiefly on the 

 larvte of the water beetle, and the dragon fly, which are themselves 

 the young fry's worst enemies. All lovers of birds will join with 

 Mr. Knubley in his earnest appeal to owners of streams and others, 

 to give protection to this interesting bird whenever it appears 

 within the county. 



The third item on the programme was a paper by the REV. D. 

 MACLEANE on " THE WARMINSTER PLOT TO KILL JAMES II," 1 



WEDNESDAY, JULY 13th. 



A large party left the Town Hall at 9.30, and proceeded by the 

 very lovely drive, with magnificent trees on either hand, directly 

 to LONGLEAT, where the MARQUESS OF BATH received them and 

 conducted them over the house, some of the special treasures of 

 the library — Caxtons and Early Folios of Shakspeare — being dis- 

 played for their edification. Amongst other objects of interest 

 attention was called to a couple of old wooden water pipes, said 



Reprinted in full in Warminster and Westbury Journal, July 16th, 1904. 



