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THE ESSEX FIELD CLUB.
THE 261st ORDINARY MEETING.
Saturday, January 25TH, 1908.
The fourth meeting of the Winter Session was held at six o'clock in the
Physical Lecture Theatre, Municipal Technical Institute, Stratford, the
President, Mr. Miller Christy, F.L.S., in the chair.
New Member.—Councillor J. R. Moore-Smith, J.P., Mayor of West
Ham, was elected a member of the Club.
Donations to the Library.—Mr. Thomas W. Reader, the Hon.
Librarian, exhibited the books presented to the library since the last meeting.
Amongst them was a set of parts of Folk Lure, comprising many years, although
not from the commencement, from Mr. T. V. Holmes, F.G.S., and it was
understood that Mr. Holmes would present to the library future parts, as
published. Mr. Holmes had also sent in the parts of the Geological Magazine
in continuation of the set already presented by him and also the "Blue-books,'
Reports of the Coast Erosion Committee and of the Rivers Commission.
A cordial vote of thanks was passed to Mr. Holmes for his continued good-
will to the library.
Mr. Avery's Loan Collection of Photographs.—A vote of thanks was
also passed to Mr. John Avery for his loan of a set of photographs of Essex
villages, etc., to the Museum, for exhibition in the Art-Room of the
Museum.
Fossil Bones from Ilford.—The Curator exhibited some teeth and
fragments of bones from Ilford, which he had purchased for the Museum. The
bones had been found by a workman (Mr. A. G. Farrow) while excavating for
sand and ballast at a depth of 14 or 15 feet, at a spot between Ilford Lane and
the River Roding, near Ilford Broadway, during the last few months.
Mr. E. T. Newton, F.R.S., said he had examined these bones, and
thought that the teeth belonged to possibly two species of Rhinoceros. One
fragmentary tooth was that of the mammoth (Elephas primigenius) and the
other fragments of bone possibly belonged to Bos primigenius.
Donation of Flint Implements.—The Curator also exhibited some half-a-
dozen Flint Implements from Essex localities which had been presented to the
Museum by Dr. Frank Corner, F.G.S., of the Manor House, Poplar.
Tawny Owl.—A specimen of the Tawny Owl (Syrnium aluco) from Ware,
Hertfordshire, presented in the flesh by Mr. John Beddall Smith, was exhibited.
Flint Implements Exhibited.—Mr. John French exhibited two Palaeolithic
Implements from River Drift Gravels at Flamstead End, Cheshunt. Also two
Paleolithic "Flakes" from very ancient gravel at Causeway End, Felstead,
230 feet O.D. Also a rude Palaeolithic Implement from the slopes of the Ter
River, near Rayne, Essex. This last named implement was thickly coated, and
had weathered out of an ancient gravel bed, 215 feet O.D. And lastly, a
spurious Stone Implement, being a veritable production of "Flint Jack." The
forger had somehow contrived to give the stone a lustrous, genuine appearance.
Some remarks on these implements were made by Mr. E. T. Newton,
F.R.S.
Corals from Timor.—Mr. W. H. Dalton, F.G.S., exhibited a series of
corals and specimens of reef-rock from Baucan, north coast of Portuguese