138 MORE EPPING FOREST.
to, printed in the Essex Naturalist (vol. iv. p. 127). A meeting
was called at the "Wilfrid Lawson" on Thursday evening, June 5th,
1890, "to take the necessary steps to secure a portion of Higham
Park, including the ornamental water, as an addition to the Forest.''
The Ching Brook in Higham Park.
The chair was taken by Mr. A. Johnston, and he and Mr. E. N.
Buxton explained the main principles and advantages of the scheme.
As the open lands then existed, the wayfarer travelling from Ching-