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The Temporary Museum. 



At one end of the room was a large table with an almost complete 

 collection of wild plants then in flower, nearly three hundred in 

 number, collected and arranged by Mrs. Gwillim, Miss Preston, and 

 other ladies. Facing the entrance-door was a table with local 

 objects of curiosity : — a case containing a fine white-tailed eagle, 

 shot in Savernake Forest in 1859, lent by the Marquis of Ailesbury ; 

 some pieces of old stained glass, encaustic tiles, carved stone-work, 

 &c, from Huish by Rev. G. H. Dartnell; twenty-one pieces of 

 pottery from Mildenhall, by Rev. C. Soames ; quern, dug up at 

 Fy field, by Mr. Neate ; coin, found at Fy field in 1879, and a seal 

 of the Hungerford Family, Fyfield, by C. Penruddocke, Esq. ; 

 three trays of pottery and implements dug up at Barbury Camp, by 

 the College Natural History Society ; an old sword, found on Charlton 

 Down, bronze celt, fossils, and pottery, from Martinsell, by J. 

 Merrick, Esq. ; curious flints, by Mr. Rowlands; old stonework, &c, 

 from Huish, by Mr. Newman; and a finely-worked sword, by C. 

 Penruddocke, Esq. ; also a collection of Marlborough moths and 

 butterflies, arranged by N. Manders, Esq. 



Along each side of the room was a long table, on which were 

 arranged a number of trays lent by the College Natural History 

 Society, containing Chinese and Indian articles of dress, &c, ancient 

 pottery, phylacteries, stone implements, &c, also a collection of 

 Indian moths and butterflies, as well as some drawers from their 

 collection of British moths ; a collection of interesting books and 

 china by F. E. Hulme, Esq., F.L.S., F.S.A. ; Kaffir drinking vessels 

 and dresses, Zulu snuff-boxes and pipe, by J. Merrick, Esq. ; col- 

 lections of shells and corals, two Cingalese " books on palm leaves, 

 Burmese inscription on silver, wasps' nest in a lock, &c, by Mr. 

 Neate ; six pieces of Wedgwood ware and curious old decanter, by 

 Mr. Mussel white ; three alabaster carvings, by Mr. Harrison ; old 

 inkstand, by Mr. Leadly; plan of Old Sarum, pipe, old newspaper, 

 and piece of telegraph cable, by Mr. Dale ; old bronze kettle, by 

 Mr. Coleman; reindeer's hoof, from Norway, and maps of North 

 Wiltshire in section, by Rev. A. C. Smith ; and various collections 

 by Rev. T. A. Preston. 



On a table near the door were the pillory, weights and measures, 



