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much interest was taken in the old Windmill in the adjoining field, now
the property of Mr. Goulden, who has thus preserved it from destruction.
The Mill dates from 1759, and it is still in working order, though not now
used.
Then came a "High Tea" most bountifully furnished forth by our
kind host and hostess. A very hearty vote of thanks was proposed by
the President, Mr. Warren, in recognition of the hospitable reception
of the Club, and was carried by acclamation. Mr. Goulding expressed
the pleasure afforded to his wife and himself by the visit. It should be
noted that Mrs. Goulding is the daughter of Mrs. Royle, so long a member
of the Club, the late Mr. Royle having been Treasurer.
The return drive was then taken to Ingatestone to catch the up and
down trains home.
VOYAGE ON THE RIVER LEA, FROM HERTFORD
TO PONDER'S END (439th MEETING).
Saturday, 11th July 1914.
The club has carried out several previous voyages on the River Lea,
of which detailed reports (some with original illustrations by Mr. Henry
A. Cole) will be found in former volumes of the Essex Naturalist (see
vol. viii, p. 205; vol. ix., p. 87; vol. ix., p. 208; vol. xi., p. 130; vol.
xiii., p. 356; and vol. xvi. p. 138).
On the present occasion members travelled down by the train which
arrived at Hertford at a little before 11 a.m. The programme was mainly
arranged to allow of demonstrations by our highly skilled "Water Engin-
eer" conductors (all members of the club) of several interesting problems
with regard to the water-supply of London and their solution. We were
favoured with the company of Mr. C. N. Tween, M.I.C.E., engineer to the
Lea Conservancy Board, of Mr. J. Mackworth Wood, M.I.C.E., of the
Northern District of the Metropolitan Water Board, and of Mr.W.Whitaker,
F.R.S., F.G.S., Mr. George Barrow, F.G.S., and for botany and general
natural history Miss Gulielma Lister, F.L.S., Miss Willmott, F.L.S.,
the President, Mr. H. Warren, F.G.S., and the Secretaries, Mr. W. Cole,
A.L.S., and Mr. Percy Thompson.
On the way through the town to join the boat, a short visit was paid
to the Town Museum, in Bull Plain, where the collection of local antiquities,
natural history specimens and "curios" was inspected under the direction
of Mr. R. T. Andrews, to whose enthusiasm and generosity Hertford owes
this interesting free museum.
The collections are the result of persevering work carried on for many
years by Mr. Andrews, and after long efforts to establish the museum in
the town, in February 1913, he in conjunction with his brother, Mr. W.
F. Andrews, purchased the old house in Bull Plain, and at their own cost
had it altered and repaired and fitted up for the reception of the col-
lections. These comprise local antiquities, fossils, stone-implements,
large numbers of birds, mammalia, etc., with collections of insects and