Throughout the summer of Maritime England Year the Marquess of Bath displayed his collection of tiny Channel Is/and cowrie shells in two huge glass urns in the Great Hall at Longleat. Visitors making a voluntary contribution to the RNLI were invited to guess the total number of shells and, as a result, at the end of the summer £775 was presented to Warminster and District branch. The winner, Mrs Lilian Jones, a nursing sister from Aylesbury, came within 42 of the correct number: 120,114. Her prize was a Guernsey Air Line ticket for two and a week's holiday for two at La Favorita Hotel, Fermain Bay, Guernsey. photograph by courtesy of The British Tourist Authority.