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" A saw pit was near, and we bundled him in ;
The dogs, swift as hailstones, were close at his heels,
Our landlord, impatient the sport should begin,
Proclaims all his crimes, his own losses reveals.
" Like a dragon he fought, with tooth and with nail,
For an hour, by the house-clock, continued the strife.
At length, overpower'd, our terriers prevail,
And the badger, unpitied, relinquished his life.
" Dick Martin, the butcher of Waltham, was there,
Long used in the blood of his victims to paddle ;
He stripp'd off the skin, that mine hostess might share,
And she made for her filly a nice hunting saddle."
With these two quotations I will conclude my remarks, believing
that any scrap of information which bears directly or indirectly on
the natural history of Essex, past or present, deserves to be rescued
from oblivion, and to find a place, with similar records, in the
publications of the Essex Field Club.
Colias edusa in Essex.—Mr. J. T. Carrington writes ("Entomologist" for
October) that he observed several C. edusa, some of which he caught, at the end
of August and early in September, "in clover-fields in several localities in south-
east Essex."
Prionus coriarius in Epping Forest.—Referring to Mr. Field's record of
P. coriarius in Epping Forest (ante p. 35), Mr. G. A. Lewcock, 73, Oxford Road,
Islington, writes as follows to the "Entomologist" for April (vol. xxii, p. 114) :—
"I do not consider the beetle at all rare in the Epping Forest district, as some
dozen or more examples have in recent years been submitted to me for identifica-
tion ; indeed, two specimens came under my notice last year. Four were ex-
hibited by me in November, 1887, at the exhibition held by the South London
Entomological and Natural History Society; all of these were from Loughton.
Seven specimens were also shown at the exhibition of the City of London Society,
on March 21st, many being of comparatively recent capture. The best time to
search for it is during the first and second weeks in August, on the trunks of oak-
trees."
Bibliography of Mineral and Thermal Waters.—Our member, Mr. W.
H. Dalton, F.G.S., has reprinted, with additions, the "List of Works referring to
British Mineral and Thermal Waters" compiled by him for the Reports of the
British Association for 1888. The list includes about eight hundred titles of
works bearing upon the subject, and it forms a valuable addition to our biblio-
graphies. Two Essex books are catalogued, which appear to have escaped the
notice of Mr. Whitaker and Mr. Dalton when compiling the "List of Works on
the Geology of Essex," lately printed in the Essex Naturalist (ante pp. 61— 86).
They are :—Anon. "An account of the Tilbury Water, containing a Narrative of
the Discovery of the Medicinal Qualities of this Spring, Experiments on the
Water, the Manner of Drinking it, and Several Remarkable Cures." 8vo. [1739];
and:—Trinder, Dr. W. M. "An Enquiry by Experiment into the Properties and
Effects of the Mineral Waters in the County of Essex," 8vo. Lond., 1783. We
hope to be enabled, at some future time, to print an account of the Mineral Waters
of Essex, and shall be glad to receive any notes on the subject that our members
may be able to furnish.