THE 



WILTSHIRE 



Irrjielugirfll nnJi Mural Ifefunj 



MAGAZINE. 



No. XXVI. AUGUST, 1865. Yol. IX. 



Contents, 



PAGE 



Vestiges of the earliest Inhabitants oe Wiltshire: By the Rev. 



A. C. Smith, Honoiary Secretary, (with 4 plates) 97-136 



The Merchants of the Staple, or the Wool Trade in England 



in the Olden Time : By the Rev. W. H. Jones, M.A 137-159 



Notes on the Flora of Silbtjry Hill: By J. Buckman, Esq., 



F.L.S., F.G.S., &c, Professor of Botany and Geology 159-162 



On the Structure of the Composite : By Thomas Bruges Flower, 



Esq. M.R.C.S., F.L.S., &c, &c 162-166 



The Geology of the Berks & Bants Extension, & Marlborough 



Railways: By T. Codrington, Esq., F.G.S. (with 9 wood cuts.) 167-193 

 On the Early Life of Sir Thomas Lawrence, P.R.A. : By Mr. 



T. B. Smith (with a Photolithographic plate) 194-205 



Report for 1864 205-208 



Query— Family of Shuter of Winterbourne Gunner 208 



Donations 209 



Errata 210 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



1. Stone Implements 121 



2. Bone do. ,, 



3. Sepulchral Urns 133 



4. Necklace, &c. 115 



5. Fossil Sponge from Savernake 170 



6. Section of Green -sand and Chalk at Stert 173 



7. Section of Peat-Bed near Stert 175 



8. Chalk Section at Lye- hill 177 



9. Section near Wootton Rivers 178 



10. Section near Warnhams 179 



11. Ditto do. „ 



12. Ditto do 180 



13. General Section of the Yale of Pewsey 186 



14. Photolithographic engraving from a drawing hy Lawrence 194 



DEVIZES : 

 Henry Bull, Saint John Street. 

 LONDON : 



Bell & Daldy, 186, Fleet Street ; J. R. Smith, 36, Soho Square, 



