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the farm on the opposite side. I have only once before been able to find the
clay within our forest boundary—viz., at Great Parndon. Mr. T. V. Holmes
found it near Ilford, and a line drawn from near Ilford to Great Parndon
passes close to the spot mentioned above. I have placed a sample of the
deposit in the Forest Museum.—T. Hay Wilson. [At one of the early Field
Meetings of the Club at Theydon Bois in September, 1880, a section of the
Chalky Boulder Clay was noticed in the lane leading from Theydon Bois
station to the Church, presumably at or near Mr. Wilson's position. See
Journal of Proceedings, E.F.C, vol. 1, page xli.—Ed.]
Tufa-forming Stream near Epping.—Mr. H. Bernard Kemsley, of
"Allendale," Epping, a student at Loughton School, has brought up for the
Museum a very nice specimen of Tufa or Travertine produced by a small
tributary of the Cobbin Brook, and has furnished the following particulars :—
"The stream is situated in a ploughed field on "Takeleys Farm," Epping,
belonging to Mr. Kemsley. About three years ago, the field being very wet,
a drain was cut down the middle, and it was found that the soil was very
hard near the Cobbin Brook (into which the stream now runs) owing to the
presence of lime. At the spot were the drain pipes come out at the brook
there is a heap of this limey concretion deposited from the water and the
pipes have about a quarter of an inch of 'fur' in them. The position is
about 500 yards from Epping Old Church, on the right hand side of the road
going to the Church and about 100 yards on the margin of the brook from
the bridge." The sample presented by Mr. Kemsley consists of twigs and
leaves cemented together by the lime salt (apparently principally carbonate).
No shells can be seen in the travertine, but it will be remembered that it was
on a deposit of carbonate of lime laid by a spring at Stebbing Ford, that Mr.
French found Cyclostoma elegans in a living state in Essex (Essex Naturalist,
vol. iv., pp. 92-93). Mr. Kemsley should search the locality for molluscs.—Ed.
MISCELLANEA.
Fairmead Lodge, Epping Forest.—As was stated in a foot-note on
page 296 of the last volume (vol. x.), Fairmead Lodge had disappeared from
the Forest. The reasons for its removal are thus stated in the last Report of
the Epping Forest Committee (9th February, 1899):—"Referring to our last
Annual Report, in which we stated that we had instructed Mr. Surveyor to
consider whether it was possible to adapt Fairmead Lodge, or any portion
thereof, as a keeper's residence, we have to report that Mr. Surveyor was of
opinion that it would cost £200 to make the Lodge or the adjoining tea-shed
habitable. We therefore resolved to remove the buildings, and advertised for
tenders from persons willing to purchase and take away the materials. The
highest tender received was that of Mr. James Bailey for the sum of £50,
which we accepted, and the whole of the buildings have been pulled down and
removed, and the site restored to the Forest."