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The Thirty -Fifth General Meetirtg. 



As the paper will be found in extenso 'm the present number, we need 

 say no more of it. 



At its conclusion The President said' tie was sure all present 

 would join with him in offering a very hearty vote of thanks to 

 ■Canon Jackson, for his most: interesting paper. He was certain the 

 sparkling anecdotes with which the paper was enlivened would long 

 remain in their minds. 



The Rev. W. C. Plenderleath was then called upon' for his 

 paper, entitled " Cherhill Gleanings/' but that gentleman pleaded 

 the lateness of the hour, and declined to detain the Meeting by 

 reading his paper that evening. Our readers, however, will have 

 the pleasure of seeing it in a future page of the Magazine. 



WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8th. 



"■ A large party of Members of the Society and their friends 

 assembled at the Town Hall punctually at 9 o'clock, a.m:, and 

 proceeded in the break's "provided = for ■ the purpose, 1 and others in 

 private carriages, on what was called the " Avebury* Excursion/' 

 They first drove to Blatklands Park, and completely filled the little 

 Church there, when the Rector (Rev. G. R. HadoV) gave att ex- 

 cellent account of the building. Then they drove through the park 

 to Calstone Church, of which Mr. Hadow is also Rector, and here 

 that gentleman again pointed out what was most deserving of notice 

 in his interesting little village Church, whose position, nestled under 

 the steep downs which rise above it, commended itself as especially 

 pleasing, and the little churchyard, which surrounded it in this snug 

 retired nook, as the peifection of all that was peaceful, quiet, and 

 retired. Calstone village, if the very few houses which compose it 

 deserve so grand a name, is one of the loveliest spots in North 

 Wiltshire ; its deep dells and abrupt hills, its woods, and, above all, 

 the copious springs which burst in volume from the fountain head, 

 and, within a very few hundred yards of their source, are powerful 

 enough to turn a mill, claimed the admiration of the visitors. Then 

 the carriages re-traced their way back to Blackland Hollow, and 

 ascended to the downs above by that steep but picturesque- roadv 



