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By Mrs. Tarrant, Swindon : — 



Part of Fossil Tree, 15 feet in length, from Swindon quarry. Two speci- 

 mens of Ammonites Giganteus. 

 By Mr. Townsend, Swindon:—- 



Collection of Fossils from the Portland stone, Oxford clay and chalk. 

 Antler of red deer from Braden Forest; and a silver drinking cup (16th century.) 

 By Mr. W. Mathews : — 



Two specimens of the hobby hawk (falco subbuteo). 

 By Rev. G. A. Goddard, Cliff e Pypard :— 



Two bellarmines, or long-beards, from under Cliffe Yicarage House. Nine 

 Ancient British gold coins. Bronze celts, keys, rings, watch, and an apostle 

 spoon inscribed " W. S. nat: fuit 26 die May 1636." 

 By Rev. S. Ettt, Wanborough : — 



* Rubbings from brasses at Wanborough and Chiseldon : also from a curious 

 inscription to Anne Smyth (1719) at Little Hinton. 

 By Mr. W. Morris, Swindon : — 



A collection of Wiltshire mosses (40 specimens). Case containing 600 

 specimens of Fossils illustrating the geology of Swindon and the district. A 

 collection of 3000 specimens of Fossils from the various strata in Europe. 

 A spear head (iron) 15 inches in length, from a barrow near Wootton 

 Basset. A quantity of Roman pottery. Roman coins and ornaments and 

 Wiltshire tokens. 

 By G. Poulett Scrope, Esq., M.P., Castle Combe; — 



A case containing pottery, glass, stucco, coins, and various Roman remains, 

 discovered in a villa at North Wraxhall, Wilts. [See p. 59, of the present 

 volume]. 



By Rev. C. Soames, Mildenhall : — 



Bronze Musical instrument, and a large collection of Roman Pottery, inclu- 

 ding mortaria and other vessels of grey, yellow, and Samian ware, some 

 richly embossed, and bearing the names of Bonoxvs, Tittivs, and other 

 potters found in the lists given by Birch in his " History of Ancient Pottery." 

 One of the vessels, a ciborium, of Samian ware, appears to have been rivetted 

 with lead as described by Birch. These articles were discovered in what appears 

 to have been a well, situated in Black Field, at Mildenhall, near Marlborough. 

 The well has been opened to the depth of 25 feet, but the borer indicates that 

 the bottom has not been reached by at least several feet. It is not faced with 

 any material, but has been dug through the chalky sub-soil ; and filled up 

 with fragments of pottery, bricks, tiles, clinkers, charcoal, bones of all sorts 

 of domestic animals, and of birds, with shells of the oyster and muscle. The 

 fragments of pottery comprise portions of more than 50 different vessels of the 

 red or Samian ware, together with numberless others of the commoner sort. 

 The field in which the well is situated is near the supposed site of the ancient 

 Roman station of Lower Cunetio, aud is noted for the quantity of Roman coins 

 which have been found in it, besides bricks, tiles, and stones evidently used 

 for building. Another cavity in the ground, apparently the upper part of 

 another well, faced with large stones, has been discovered about forty 

 yards from the former one, which it is also proposed to open for the purpose 

 of investigating its contents. 



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