DEMONSTRATION ON FIRE-MAKING APPLIANCES. 49
Matys Treasure" unto Richard Viscount Castlemain, "Warden
of his Mats, fforest of Waltham," the sum of £67 10s. "to be
distributed amongst the officers of the said fforest hereafter
named for the quarter ended at Michs, 1728."
It is of local interest to note that this order though in favour
of the same individual as the 1741 warrant (as Warden of the
Forest) was written when he was known as Viscount Castlemain.
Sir Richard Child obtained this title in 1718 but did not attain
the dignity of Earl Tylney till 1730.
The un-named Chief Ranger, who has £2 10s. as his
quarter's allowance, was, no doubt, John Goodere, Esq., who
seems to have held that office, with all its perquisites, for the
long period from 1722 to 1757. The total sum to be disbursed
and the allocation of the salaries are the same as in the later
order but in naming the various walks into which the forest was
divided we find "Leighton, Walwood, and Homefrith" ; thus
adding Walwood to the forest place-names.
This warrant has, unfortunately, been so mutilated so that we
have now no signature of the minister at foot, nor of the examin-
ing clerks at the side as in the document cf 1741. On the back
is the signature Castlemain owning receipt in full on the
3rd January, 1728 (1729 according to modern style).
Though not, perhaps, of great importance these documents
are very interesting as they show something of the methods of
administration of the affairs of the forest, and they may be useful
hereafter should anyone endeavour to add to the information to
be found in Fisher's Forest of Essex (1887).
[By the kindness of Mr. Gould, the above document has
been very neatly framed for exhibition in the Museum together
with the former Order presented by him in March, 1895.—Ed.]
NOTES OF A DEMONSTRATION ON PRIMI-
TIVE FIRE-MAKING APPLIANCES.
[By Edward Lovett.]
[At the meeting of the Club on December 17th, 1898 (E. N.,
vol. x., pp. 410-11), Mr. Edward Lovett, the well-known student
of "survivals" of early implements and handicrafts, gave a
lecture or demonstration on methods of obtaining fire, an abstract
of which, in his own words, we are enabled by his courtesy to give
here] :—
In response to the invitation of your worthy Secretary, I have brought
for exhibition and description a few typical examples of primitive Fire-making
Appliances from my somewhat extensive collection of these interesting
objects.