54 NOTES ON THE CONFERENCE OF DELEGATES OF THE
" The flint-ball is a pestle or rubber for triturating meat or vegetables in a
mortar, and is probably Roman, which is also the period of the pieces of flue-tile.
We find many such balls yearly in our diggings at Silchester."
I have found broken pieces of these tiles in various parts of the higher ground
in the Forest—High Beach, Leppitt's Hill, Warren Wood, etc. Mr. Charles
Sworder has fine specimens of roofing tiles found at Epping (see F.. N., vol. vi.,
P. 79.).
In Mr. Chancellor's interesting annual address, delivered on the 31st March,
he refers to the probability of Roman residences having been in existence at
such situations, and I believe that specimens of these tiles have been found by
members in other parts of the Forest. Pattern markings are quite distinct on
some of those I have found.—J. Hay Wilson, Chingford.
"Chapel-Henault" "Chapple-Hainault." A Query.—Whence comes
the prefix Chapel by which a division or "walk" of the forest was distinguished ?
Does it refer to the ownership of any rights by an ecclesiastic body or to the site
of some ancient chapel ?—I. Chalkley Gould, Loughton.
NOTES ON THE CONFERENCE OF DELEGATES
OF THE CORRESPONDING SOCIETIES OF
THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION, IPSWICH,
1895.
HAVING been present at the Conference of Delegates at
Ipswich, as Secretary to the Corresponding Societies'
Committee and as Delegate of the Essex Field Club, I have
pleasure in forwarding the following notes on the proceedings of the
Conference.
Having been elected President of Section B, Professor Meldola
was unable to preside at the Conference, and Mr. G. J. Symons was
consequently elected chairman for the Ipswich meeting. Following
the precedent of the Oxford meeting, Mr. Symons opened the
proceedings by the delivery of a short address. His subject was
Meteorology, and he dwelt chiefly on those matters in which the
Corresponding Societies could render assistance.
(1) In the first place he spoke of the necessity, as regards
meteorological observations generally, of keeping records only
from good instruments properly placed, an incorrect statement being
worse than none at all. And he mentioned that the Royal
Meteorological Society had published an illustrated pamphlet (price
1s.) called "Hints to Observers," which would show anyone how
observations should be made.
(2) He treated of the desirability of records of sea and river