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(the wind being rather boisterous) gave an account of this burial 

 place : as well as of the result of his discoveries in thirty other 

 barrows opened by him during the last five years. 



The ascent and descent of Silbury Hill, the walk to the great 

 upright stones called "The Devil's Coits," and thence to the vast 

 circular vallum of Avebury, the Parish Church, &c, occupied the 

 rest of the afternoon until about four o'clock, when the proceedings 

 of this Meeting were brought to a conclusion at another pic-nic 

 dinner (of nearly 100) in the School-room, which had been prettily 

 decorated by Mr. Laurence Ohivers the worthy and venerable 

 parish clerk. The Rev. J. Lockhart Ross, vicar, Mr. George 

 Brown, Mr. T. Keram, and Mr. Hillier, gave the Society a very 

 cordial welcome to their parish and its antiquities, and were in 

 return as cordially thanked for the trouble they had all taken in 

 providing for its accommodation. 



Before finally separating, the Rev. A. C. Smith, vicar of Yates- 

 bury, read an interesting Paper on the subject of Silbury Hill, in 

 which he very strongly advocated the Sepulchral side of this dis- 

 puted question. After having made deserved acknowledgement to 

 Mr. Poulett Scrope for his Presidential labours, the company took 

 their leave. 



The temporary Museum arranged by Mr. Edward Kite in the 

 Assembly-room was an exceedingly good one: and to the Mayor 

 and Corporation, the Local Committee, and more especially to Mr. 

 T. B. Merriman and Mr. R. E. Price, the Society returns its grate- 

 ful thanks for the exertions by which they enabled their visitors 

 to enjoy a very satisfactory Anniversary Meeting at Marlborough. 



The subjects of the different Papers read at this Meeting have 

 been here only briefly alluded to, as the Papers themselves will 

 probably all appear in due time in this publication. 



