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the Church. Then we visited the old manor house, and the remains 

 of its wide moat, and its fine old staircase ; and then we drove to the 

 foot of the hill on which " Haddington/' as it is generally called, or 

 " Badbury " Castle, as it is sometimes more correctly designated, 

 stands. This is a large camp, enclosed by a bank and ditch of 

 considerable circuit, though not of very great height or depth : in 

 all probability a British fortress, though afterwards strengthened 

 and occupied by Romans and Saxons in turn. It was difficult to 

 persuade the excursionists to descend from this elevated spot, where 

 the magnificent views, east, north, and west, and the pleasant down 

 breeze on a fine morning induced them to linger, but at length the 

 Secretary's horn recalled the stragglers, and taking their places in 

 the carriages they drove on to Chiseldon, until lately a most retired 

 and somewhat inaccessible village, little known to any but its 

 immediate neighbours ; but now suddenly brought into the world 

 and into close connection with everywhere by means of the Swindon 

 and Andover Railway, which has a station in the heart of the village. 

 A halt was made at the Church, which seemed especially interesting 

 to archaeologists as the hand of the restorer has not been here to 

 sweep away with undistinguishing zeal, as has so often been the 

 case, alike that which is venerable and worthy of the utmost care, 

 and that which is worthless. From Chiseldon a pleasant drive 

 brought the excursionists to the foot of Barbury, where it was 

 delightful to find a tent erected by the forethought and liberality 

 of Mr. Henry Kemble, of Overtown, and here the welcome luncheon 

 was spread and thoroughly appreciated after the morning's ramble 

 in the appetizing air of the downs of Liddington. After luncheon 

 all adjourned to the square earthwork which lies at the immediate 

 foot of Barbury, and here labourers were at work, as they had been 

 on the previous day, cutting trenches and making other excavations 

 with a view to discover the nationality of those who had originally 

 constructed it : and this was satisfactorily determined, by the 

 quantity of fragments of Roman, and the absence of any single 

 particle of Brittsh pottery, throughout the excavations. While 

 collected round these interesting trenches, the President, in the 

 name of the archaeologists, offered the hearty thanks of the Society 



