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of a Beaver obtained from the clay-pits at Stanway. [Mr. Manley has kindly
presented these to the Club's Museum, and with the assistance of Mr. W. M.
Webb, I have fitted all the parts together, and they constitute a very interesting
specimen.—W. Cole.]
Mr. W. Cole exhibited a series of specimens of Pleistocene Mollusca collected
by the late John Brown, of Stanway, and presented by him to the Chelmsford
Museum many years ago, where they remained neglected until they were
recognised when the Museum came into the Curator's hands. The shells had
been carefully arranged by Mr. W. M. Webb, F.L.S., with the occasional assist-
ance of Mr. Horace Woodward, and would be described in The Essex
Naturalist by Mr. Webb (see E.N., ante, p. 160).
Mr. Cole also exhibited the galls and other specimens collected during the
afternoon.
Mr. Shenstone then read portions of his paper on "The Oak Tree in Essex,"
which is printed in the present volume (pp. 89-117).
Hearty votes of thanks were passed to Mr. Shenstone for his paper, and to
him, Dr. Laver, and Mr. C. E. Benham, for arranging the details of the
meeting.
Mr. C. E. Benham proposed a cordial vote of thanks to Mr. Round, for his
hospitable reception of the Club at his beautiful seat that afternoon. Mr. Round
had, with characteristic kindness, specially travelled down that afternoon from
London, where he was then staying, in order to welcome the members. The vote
was seconded by Prof. R. Meldola, and carried by acclamation.
Mr. Round, speaking as a member of the Club, said that it had given him
great pleasure to receive the party. He regretted that he was not able to join in
the excursions from want of time, as a member of the House of Commons, but he
often read the report and papers in The Essex Naturalist with great interest.
The meeting was brought to a close, as the London members were obliged to
seek their train from Marks Tey, to which station the drive through Copford Green
was a pleasant one. A slight divergence was made en route to enable the visitors
to catch a glimpse of the entrance to the clay pits at Stanway, in which John
Brown collected so many of the specimens alluded to in the above report.
Down the River Lea from Hertford to Tottenham.
Saturday, July 14th, 1894.
CONDUCTORS :—Major Lamorock Flower, F.San.I. (Sanitary Engineer to
the Lee Conservancy Board), Mr. G. J. Symonds, F.R.S. (Sec. R. Met. S.), and
W. Cole, F.E.S. (Hon. Secretary).
REFEREES:—Geology—Mr. T. V. Holmes, F.G.S.; Vertebrata—Mr. J. E.
Harting, F.L.S., Mr. Howard Saunders, F.L.S. ; Mollusca—Mr. W. Crouch,
F.Z.S. ; Botany—Mr. C. A. Wright, F.L.S., F.Z.S.
The object of the meeting was to view the scenery of the Lea Valley from
Hertford downwards, and to enable the Conductors and Referees to give some
account of the geology, water-supply, and natural history of the district.
The Lee Conservancy Board very kindly allowed the use of their steam
barge, the Lord Salisbury, for the occasion, and Major Lamorock Flower (to
whose exertions the improved state of the Lea in recent years is so largely owing).