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Trinity College, Cambridge, Librarian to the university. I wrote to Mr. 

 Jcnkinson about it, and he most promptly and kindly replied by sending the 

 parcel for my acceptance for the use of the Society, in the proposed compilation 

 of a Wilts Bibliography. Examination of the parcel at once showed that it did 

 not contain the collections which Canon Jackson had made, which were known 

 to the Rev. E. H. Goddard and others, and were referred to in the paper on this 

 subject iu the Magazine, vol. xxvi., p. 222, &c. In the parcel were two letters 

 from Canon Jackson to the late Mr. Henry Cunnington, of Devizes, which at 

 once gave the history of it, viz., that the major part of it consisted of memoranda 

 with regard to Wiltshire books sent by Mr. H. Cunnington to Canon Jackson to 

 make use of for his larger collection, in November, 1879. Canon Jackson's 

 first letter, acknowledging the receipt of the packet, is dated 13th November, 

 1879, and his second, returning it, 2'3rd March, 1882. In the latter, after 

 saying that he had at last been able to go through the lists of books, he writes : — 

 " I had, of course, on my previous list, the greater part of those in your lists, 

 but I found some fresh items, and also much help from Mr. Kemm's accurate 

 description of works already briefly registered by me." 

 The actual contents of the parcel were : — 



1. — "Catalogue of printed books and pamphlets relating to Wiltshire, in the 

 library of James Waylen, 1876." 18 pp., quarto ; the items arranged in order 

 of date. 



2. — Mr. Henry Cunnington's brief alphabetical list of books relating to 

 Wiltshire. 25 pp., foolscap. 



3. — Printed. " A Catalogue of Tracts, Pamphlets, Prints, and Drawings, 

 illustrating Wiltshire, on sale for ready money, by Alfred Russell Smith, 36, 

 Soho Square, London, W. 1878." 8vo., pp. 18. 



4. — " List of books relating to Wiltshire." 88 pp. quarto. The books in this 

 list, which is the one compiled by Mr. Kemm, of Amesbury, and referred to 

 by Canon Jackson in his second letter, are not arranged in any special order, 

 but the titles of the books are given in full. 



5. — An alphabetical index of the authors of works given in Mr. Kemm's 

 list, made by and in Canon Jackson's writing. 



I imagine that the parcel must have come into the book market after the death 

 of Mr. Henry Cunnington. I have given the circumstances with regard to it 

 as fully as I can make them out, for they seem to me to be of interest. The 

 materials will of course be at the disposal of the Society for the purpose of the 

 bibliography of the county, whenever it is taken in hand. 



C. W. Holgate. 



Roman Pavement at Box. 



During the visit of the Society to Box, on August 2nd, 1895, the Members 

 were shown a small patch of pavement about 9in. below the surface of the garden 

 of the house immediately opposite the north side of the Church tower, which had 

 recently been discovered. It measures about 4ft. X 2ft., the edges being broken 

 away. Miss Burges, the occupier of the garden, said that further search had 

 been made all round, but the pavement did not seem to extend further, and no 



