114 THE COMING OF AGE OF
Fisher Unwin (Proc. II., xxxiv.) In like manner we have
received and published "An Angler's Notes on Dagenham
Lake," by Mr. John Hillier (Essex Naturalist VI., 146), and a
paper on Dagenham Breach by Mr. Walter Crouch (Ibid., 155).
The voyages down the River Lea on the Conservancy barge
under the conductorship of the late Major Lamorock Flower,
have also led to the publication of much information about that
river. Thus, in July, 1894, Major Flower gave an address (Ibid.
VIII., 206); subsequent meetings on the Lea in June, 1895, and
June, 1896, gave rise, among other contributions, to Mr. Crouch's
"Notes on the River Lea ; Bromley, Bow, Old Ford" (Ibid.
IX., 89; see also report of second voyage from Hertford to Wal-
tham Abbey, Ibid., 208) and to Mr. W. C. Waller's "Episode in
the History of the River Lea" (Ibid., 190). An excursion from
Maldon to Chelmsford in 1891 gave us Mr. Fitch's "Notes on
the History of the Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation" (Ibid.
V., 248); a meeting at St. Osyth and Brightlingsea the same
year gave us Messrs. Shenstone and Laver's "Notes on the
Colne Oyster Fishery" (Ibid., 257). A famous visit to Maldon
and the Blackwater Estuary, under the conductorship of Mr.
Fitch in September, 1888, resulted in a report replete with the
topography, archaeology, geology and natural history of that
district (Ibid. II., 229-250) to say nothing of an illustrated versi-
fied account of the excursion by Mr. F. Carruthers Gould, whose
New Song of Maldon cannot, however, be claimed as one of the
Club's publications. As contributions to antiquarian topography
we may consider Mr. I. C. Gould's paper on "A Naturalist in
Essex a Century and a half ago" (Ibid. VI., 112) and Mr.
Crouch's "Astronomy in Wanstead" (Ibid. VII., 151), while the
Rev. S. Coode Hore's paper on "Navestock in Olden Days;
stray notes, Pre-historic, Saxon and Norman" is a masterpiece
of local history (Ibid. VIII., 220).
Sanitation. In a few directions our work has come into
contact with sanitary science. In 1890 Mr. William Rome
sounded a note of alarm concerning the proposed discharge of
the London sewage into the sea at Fowlness and Southminster
and the effect upon the Essex oyster culture (Essex Naturalist
IV., 41), a proposal which was fortunately afterwards withdrawn
(Ibid., 125). Dr. J. C. Thresh gave us a paper on "The Sanitary
Condition of Essex," in 1890 (Ibid. 97), and another in 1891 on
"Vital Statistics for the County of Essex" (Ibid. V., 47), and in