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The Thirty -Fourth General Meeting. 



Pugin j and Audlcy House, which has quite lately been con- 

 verted into a Church House, and carefully fitted for that purpose. 

 In the afternoon a large party drove to Britford Church, where the 

 Vicar, the Rev. A. P. Morres, read a paper, and where the famous 

 Saxon arches caused much discussion. Then through Longford 

 Park, and in front o£ the Castle, to Downton Church, where the 

 Rev. A. D. Hill described the building and read a paper ; and 

 then to the Moot House, where tea had been hospitably provided 

 by Mr. Squarey ; and lastly to the curious earthworks hard by, 

 known as the " Moot " ; where The President (General Pitt-Rivers) 

 led the way and pointed out the principal features of the spot, and 

 the conclusions to which he had arrived that it was of Saxon origin, 

 and in all probability the residence of a feudal chief. After some 

 further observations by Mr. Squarey and the Rev. A. D. Hill, 

 Lord Percy, in the name of the visitors, thanked Mr. Squarey for 

 his hospitality, and the party drove back to Salisbury through 

 Trafalgar Park, by permission of Lord Nelson. 



In the evening a Conversazione was held at the Blackmore 

 Museum, when Dr. Blackmore pointed out the principal contents 

 of that unique collection, and Lord Percy expressed the extreme 

 admiration of the archaeologists, and their sense of the value of the 

 Museum and of the kindness of their reception there. 



FRIDAY, AUGUST 5th. 



This day was occupied in an excursion by rail to Bradford- on- Avon 

 and some other interesting spots in its neighbourhood, whither the 

 party proceeded by special train. The great tithe barn, dating 

 from the fourteenth century, was first visited ; then the bridge with 

 its chapel, to which the date of the fifteenth century was generally 

 attributed ; next Kingston House, where Mr. Shum read a paper 

 describing this fine specimen of a superior dwelling-house of a 

 bygone age ; and then the little Saxon " ecclesiola " of St. 

 Lawrence, which our lamented friend, Canon Jones, took such pains 

 to preserve, and upon which Mr. E. C. Batten read a descriptive 

 paper. It appeared to be the unanimous opinion of all present that 

 the founder of this little Church was, as has been generally believed 



