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1885 by the Woodford Local Board (Jour. Proc. E.F.C. iv.,
pp. cxxxvi—vii.); so that not counting such small additions as
the plot at Harrow Green and elsewhere, 5,598a. Or. 16p.
represents the present area of the "free and open" grounds
of Epping Forest.1
[We are indebted to the City Press for the report of the meeting of the
Common Council, and also to the courtesy of the editor for the loan of the
block of the plan printed above. The view of Yardley Hill was contributed
by Mr. H. A. Cole to the Daily Graphic, but the present block is a new one
made from the original drawing, which was purchased from the Daily Graphic
by our member, Mr. Avery, and is now reproduced by his favour.—Ed.]
THE AFTER-EFFECTS OF THE HIGH-TIDE OF
NOVEMBER 29th, 1897.
"REPORT ON THE INJURY TO AGRICULTURAL LAND ON
THE COAST OF ESSEX BY THE INUNDATION OF SEA
WATER ON NOVEMBER 29th, 1897." BY T. S. DYMOND,
F.I.C, F.C.S., and F. HUGHES, F.C.S. SEPTEMBER, 1898.
IN the account of the High Tide given in the Essex
Naturalist (vol. x., pp. 277—283), we alluded to the
interesting observations made by our members, Mr. T. S.
Dymond and Mr. F. Hughes, on the effect of the floods on
the fertility of the land (1. c, pp. 282--3) These gentlemen con-
tinued the investigation in the Technical Laboratory at Chelms-
ford, and they have recently published a more complete and
extended report on the subject.
It is unnecessary to repeat the details of the calamity
already given in our pages. The authors approximately esti-
mate the areas of agricultural land flooded in Essex as follows :
The authors remark that in some districts the water drained
off the land in a few hours, in others several days passed before
1 For estimate of the ancient area of Epping Forest, compared with the present, see
W. Cole, Journal of Proc. E.F.C., vol iv. p. ciii.