MR. WALCOTTS' paper, in fact, had not come to hand on Saturday the 13th of October, and we had quite given up any idea of receiving one. All our arrangements for the following Monday, of course had to be completed on the Saturday. It was settled that I should read the descriptive portion of my paper, on the hill near the Asten , and the latter part containing the Roman de Rou, later in the day, within the precincts of the Abbey : but on Sunday morning, we received Mr. WALCOTTS ' paper , and we then determined ,
as his paper appeared to be based on the Roman de Rou , to substitute it for my own version ,and to reserve mine for the evening meeting. But on the day of celebration, time
passed quickly, and our company had lingered so long in the glades of the park , that when we reached the Abbey , we were but able to take a hurried glance at its antique ruins: once more then wehad to change our plans, and I undertook to read MR. WALCOTTS' paper in the evening.
In the evening (after a dinner at the South Saxon Hotel) a numerous gathering met at the Assembly Rooms, St. Leonards: when MR. SAVERY read his paper on the Bayeux Tapestry, all the incidents in which were most minutely examined and explained : and the audience had the rare good fortune, of seeing a very faithful facsimile of the original tapestry unrolled before them , on the same scale as the original, so that they were enabled to follow him throughout the story. The untiring industry, and the artistic taste which had been exercised in successfully completing this laborious undertaking, received the hard-earned -
