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In proposing a vote of thanks to Professor Stewart for his lucid and
admirable explanation of the contents of the Museum, Mr. Chalkley Gould
referred to a tradition that O'Brian, the Irish giant, whose remains (standing
7 feet 7 inches "in his bones") they had seen, was connected with the
county of Essex by his residence for a time in Loughton—it is said at the
house now occupied by Mr. McKenzie, the Superintendent of the Forest.
The vote of thanks was most cordially passed, and Prof. Stewart
expressed his pleasure at meeting the members that afternoon, and said that
he hoped the Museum would be taken advantage of by those studying natural
history The party then left, r,fter passing a pleasant and most instructive
afternoon.
THE 192nd ORDINARY MEETING.
Wednesday, February 14TH, 1900.
The Meeting was held in the Small Hall of the Bishopsgate Institute,
Bishopsgate Street, London, by the kind permission of the Governors of the
Institute, at 7 o'clock, Mr. Walter Crouch, F.Z.S., Vice-President, in the Chair.
Mr. Crouch exhibited a portrait of the late Sir William Flower, F.R.S.,
Director of the British Museum of Natural History, and one of the Hon.
Members of the Club. Mr. Crouch suggested that a short Memoir with
Portrait, of Sir W. Flower, should be given in the Essex Naturalist.
Mr. J. P. Johnson read a paper, entitled "Some New Sections in, and
Contributions to the Fauna of, the River Drift of the Uphall Estate, Ilford,
Essex," written by himself and Mr. G. White. Mr. Johnson exhibited
specimens of the Mollusca, in illustration of his paper.
[The paper is printed in the present volume of the Essex Naturalist,
ante p.p. 157—160].
Mr. W. Whitaker, F.R.S., remarked how glad he was that some young
observers were keeping watch on new sections as they were exposed, so
carrying on the work of the Geological Survey. With regard to the 6-banded
form of Helix nemoralis, of which Mr. White had found two specimens in the
pit, he said that although he had a very large collection of varieties of this
shell, he had never found a 6-banded one.
Mr. Lovett said that it would be interesting to know whether the flint
flakes bearing marks of human workmanship were actually found in juxta-
position with the extinct species of Mollusca. Mr. Lovett also referred to the
remarkable varieties of Helix nemoralis found in the Faroe Islands, where the
ordinary type form seemed to be absent.
Mr. Crouch said that some years ago, when studying the Mollusca of the
Becontre Hundred, he obtained over 1,500 specimens of Helix nemoralis, and
amongst them were some very fine varieties, a few of which might be seen in
the collection lent by him to the Epping Forest Museum. But he had never
found a living specimen of the 6-banded form.
A vote of thanks was passed to Messrs. Johnson and White for their
paper.
Mr. Edward Lovett then gave a lecture-demonstration of "The Stalk-
eyed Crustacea, their families and Genera, with especial reference to the