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The Twentieth General Meeting. 



stored, and at the re-opening of some of which he had been present. 

 They had been poaching 1 somewhat on an adjacent county, but 

 they had been set that example at a previous meeting at Hungerford, 

 and he did not think it a bad one. Although, he had visited most of 

 the points of interest they had visited, on previous occasions, yet he 

 had felt great pleasure in going over the ground again with them, 

 and he thought their visits in this county were justifiable, and he 

 knew their neighbours in the county of Gloucestershire would not 

 be jealous of them. He had great pleasure in asking them to accord 

 to their Gloucestershire friends their cordial thanks for the assistance 

 they had rendered. Mr. Fuller had given them most interesting 

 information, not only on all that pertained to ancient history, but 

 down to the present time, and it could not have been done better or 

 more fully. He had also kindly come up to Swindon, and read them 

 a most interesting paper. Their best thanks were therefore due to 

 Mr. Fuller (loud cheers). Mr. Lawrence, too, had kindly thrown 

 open his grounds, and allowed them to pass through, and he de- 

 served their warm thanks. Mr. Bravender, and Mr. Master, of 

 the Abbey, had also been most kind and liberal in their assist- 

 ance, the latter gentleman being prevented, as his good lady had 

 told them, by a prior engagement, from being present with them. 

 But he had omitted to mention Professor Church, of the Royal 

 Agricultural College (loud applause). He had read them an in- 

 teresting paper on Corinium, he had accompanied them that day 

 with great skill, and he was presently about to conduct them to the 

 Museum, which they would examine with much interest, because 

 the Professor had taken so much pains and care in its complete 

 arrangement (applause). They would all give those gentlemen a 

 vote of hearty thanks for their kind assistance (hear, hear) . As far 

 as he himself was concerned, he felt very much honoured by their • 

 choice of him as their president, and he hoped that he had done as 

 he had tried to do, his best for the interest of the Society (loud cheers) . 



The Rev. A. C. Smith said their president had told them that 

 this was their last meeting for this year, but they could not part 

 without saying cordially how much they were indebted to Mr. 

 Goddard for the way in which he had presided over them (loud 



