The Eleventh General Meeting. 



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[ years before the Christian era. In 1860, he opened a long barrow 

 , at Walker's Hill, in North Wilts, and in the debris in the chamber 

 he picked up a flint arrow head, an inch and a half long, and 

 about one-tenth of an inch in thickness. In May, 1865, he was 

 present at the opening of a long barrow at Fifield Hill, near Pew- 

 sey, called the Giant's Grave. This was a very large barrow, and 

 with the remains of human beings he found a beautiful leaf-shaped 

 arrow-head, two and two-tenth inches long, and one inch in breadth. 

 From these specimens and from those which had been found in 

 other counties in England, he was disposed to conclude that in 

 these long barrows was found a particular class of arrow-heads, 

 and that they were the oldest sepulchral tumuli in this country. 

 He next produced two flint javelin heads. These he stated, were 

 found in an oval barrow on Winterbourne Stoke Down, 1864. He 

 then alluded to the particular formation of the oval tumuli, which 

 embraced two or three round barrows within an oval ditch. In 

 the one referred to were found in one part a skeleton, and a small 

 drinking cup ; and in another part, a tall skeleton, upwards of six 

 feet high, doubled up, and four beautifully shaped flint arrow-heads. 

 He believed that these were the work of the ancient Britons, and 

 were used by them for warlike purposes. 



Earl Nelson conveyed the thanks of the company to Dr. 

 Thurnam for his very interesting paper. 



The Rev. Prebendary Wilkinson proposed a vote of thanks to 

 the Rev. Canon Jackson for his very valuable services during the 

 time he had held the office of Honorary Secretary of the Society. 

 He regretted to hear of his retirement from that post, and spoke 

 highly of his exertions in connection with the Society. With 

 regard to his writings, " Jackson on Aubrey " must of necessity 

 lay the foundation for a future history of the county. 



Earl Nelson, in the name of the members, begged to thank the 

 Bishop and the Mayor for the handsome way in which they had 

 been received in this city. 



The Rev. A. C. Smith said that Earl Nelson's three years of 

 oflice as President of the Society would terminate at the close of 

 this meeting, and he begged to propose a vote of thanks to his 



