THE 



WILTSHIRE MAGAZINE. 



•'mfltokum manibus gbande levatub onus." — Ovid. 



DECEMBER, 1898. 



THE FORTY-FIFTH GENERAL MEETING 



OF THE 



BKtltsfjtrc archaeological antr Natural ©tstorg Soctetg, 



HELD AT SWINDON, 



July 5th, 6th, and 7th, 1898. 

 C. H. Talbot, Esq., President of the Society, in the Chair. 



TUESDAY, JULY 5th, 1898. 



DEPARTURE from the ordinary custom of past years 

 was made on this occasion by putting the Annual General 

 Meeting in the evening instead of the afternoon ; and, as Swindon 

 possesses few archaeological attractions in itself, the majority of 

 Members attending the Meeting did not put in an appearance until 

 the time arrived for DINNER. This took place at 7, p.m., at the 

 Goddard Arms Hotel — which served as the head-quarters of the 

 Society during the Meeting — some twenty-six persons sitting down 

 to it. The toast list was cut very short, the only toast being that 

 of " The Queen." 



After an interval the Members reassembled in the same large 

 room of the hotel, for the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, the 

 proceedings beginning with the reading of the REPORT by Mr. 

 H. E. Medlicott. 



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