The Temporary Museum. 



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of the Longs, past and present. Mr. Long in acknowledging the 

 compliment, proposed a vote of thanks to Canon Jackson, which 

 was also carried by acclamation. Then for the last time the 

 Secretary's whistle sounded, and while some of the carriages pro- 

 ceeded via Chalfield House, to Holt and Whaddon, in accordance 

 with the programme, others returned direct to Trowbridge ; and so 

 was concluded one of the most successful meetings the Wiltshire 

 Archaeological and Natural History Society has ever held. 



TEMPORARY MUSEUM. 



Much credit is due to the Local Committee who so efficiently, 

 and in so short a time organized and arranged the Temporary 

 ' Museum in the Court Hall, Trowbridge. Mr. Mackniel was the 

 j Honorary Curator, and his zeal and assiduity were highly appreciated. 

 Mr. and Dr. Gr. E. Tayler were indefatigable in their exertions. 



Few persons would have thought it possible that so large a num- 

 ber of curious and valuable specimens could have been collected in 

 so short a time. The Court Hall was well lighted, and with its 

 scientific adornments looked remarkably handsome. Appropriately 

 conspicuous in this exhibition was the collection of fossils and other 

 interesting memorials of the poet Crabbe. His geological and 

 archaeological tastes are well known, particularly in Trowbridge, 

 where he lived many years as Rector of the parish Church, where a 

 monument has been ejected to his memory. There are elderly 

 people with tenacious memories still living in Trowbridge who can 

 recollect very distinctly having seen the poet on his geological walks, 

 armed with a hammer fastened to a very long stick, occasionally 

 stopping at a heap of stones to possess himself of some new treasure. 

 Crabbe was associated with William Smith, Richardson, and 

 Townsend, early pioneers of the science of geology, in this 

 neighbourhood. His collection, together with the memorable 

 hammer, were kindly placed in the museum by Major Clark, the 

 present owner. The specimens are un arranged, but many of them 

 are of considerable interest, illustrating as they do the principal 

 fossiliferous strata of this and the neighbouring counties. A good 

 portrait of the poet, painted by his son, the Rev. John Crabbe, 



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