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The Twenty-first General Meeting. 



Park/' by C. H. Talbot, Esq. These too, it is hoped, will all appear 

 in turn in the Magazine ; and need not therefore be farther alluded 

 to here. 



At the conclusion of the meeting, as this was the last occasion of 

 assembling in Devizes, during the present congress, cordial votes of 

 thanks were moved to the President, to the several readers of papers, 

 and to all who had been instrumental in catering for the Society, 

 not forgetting under this head, the Mayor and Corporation. 



THIRD DAY, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10th. 

 Again the skies proved unpropitious, and reduced the archceologists 

 to a limited number, though, but for the inclement weather, very 

 many had announced their intention of joining in the excursion to- 

 day. Some fifty or sixty ladies and gentlemen, however, braved 

 the elements, and accomplished the round. The route lay first by 

 Bishops Cannings, where the elegant Early English church demanded 

 a prolonged halt ; thence over the downs, by Wans Dyke and the 

 Roman Road, through Heddington and by Wans House, to Spye 

 Park, where Mr. Spicer right hospitably entertained the Society at 

 dinner, and indeed had made preparations to entertain double the 

 number : and in truth double in number would the guests have been, 

 but for the wet weather. Kind and cordial were the words with 

 which Mr. and Mrs. Spicer welcomed the Society to Spye Park, 

 and loud and hearty was the applause elicited by the proposal of a 

 vote of thanks to them, moved by Mr. Wyndham. Spye gate was, 

 of course, examined, and then by Chittoe Church and Bromham 

 Church back to Devizes. 



The following is an abstract from the list of articles kindly con- 

 tributed to the Loan Museum. Many of them are of particular 

 local interest, and attracted much notice during the meeting. 



Those marked with an asterisk have been presented to the Soeiety. 



By W. P. Haywaed, Esq,, Wedliampton : — 



*Ammonites Sutherlandiae, * Ammonites perarmatus (disjointed cast), and 

 GryphEea, from Cale. Grit., Seend. Six weapons, of fine workmanship, from 

 Few Zealand and the South Seas. 'Ancient British urn, from "Wilsford Down. 

 Collection of coins, chiefly Roman. Australian bow. *Portion of human 

 cranium, of remarkably low type, dug up on Wilsford Down. 



