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Chap. 2.
The Visit to the Field.
ON THE 15th of October -- for the 14th , the actual anniversary was Sunday -- a large party set out by rail and road for Battle. It was a bright autumnal afternoon, not a cloud to be seen in the clear blue sky, when a company of some three-hundred grouped themselves together on the greensward of the Abbey grounds. Dr. HUNT, a vice president of the society, presided over the assembly , and with the help of Mr. SAVERY marshalled the company from point to point with the greatest order and without any loss of time. As each successive point was reached , an oral explanation of that part of the position was given: these explanations form the substance of the present chapter.
