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attend to he was unable to be present at the Meeting", as he, with 

 Lady Lansdowne, otherwise would have been. The visitors were 

 then allowed to make an unrestrained inspection of the rooms, with 

 all their treasures of literature and art, including some of the master- 

 pieces of painting 1 and sculpture ; and afterwards a stroll through 

 the Italian gardens, the grounds, the pinery, &c, brought *m 5 

 o'clock, the hour of departure, when— the carriages being ready— 

 the visitors took a reluctant departure and farewell of each other, as 

 fellow-archaeologists, until next year, and the drive home was com- 

 menced. Calne was reached at 6 o'clock, in good time for the 

 train, and the company having taken their several departures, one 

 of the most delightful Meetings the Society has yet enjoyed was 

 brought to an end. 



We must not omit to add that an admirable little map of the 

 country traversed in each day's drive was prepared by the Rev. W. 

 C. Plenderleath, and presented to everyone who joined in the several 

 excursions. 



in ^ttpst 1888. 



By C. E. Ponting, F.S.A. 



{The following Notes were prepared (and in part delivered) by Mr. 

 Wonting for the information of the Society on their last Annual Excursion*] 



Tuesday, August ltk } 1888. 



Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Calne. 



HIS CHURCH is of unusually varied plan and history, but 

 the evidence of the changes which had previously taken 

 place m the adjacent parts has become difficult to follow, owing to 

 the obliteration or alteration of many traces by the fall of the 



