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THE ESSEX NATURALIST.
EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES.
Plate i.
Fig. 1.—Cervus elaphus, Linn., complete antler, about one-thirteenth
nat. size, with (1a) the crown further enlarged.—Pleistocene ; Ilford.
Brady Collection.
Fig. 3.—Bos primigenius, Bojanus ; skull, showing repaired injury
in middle of forehead, about one thirteenth nat. size.—Peat Deposit ;
Chingford. Presented to the British Museum (Nat. Hist) hy the Metro-
politan Water Board.
Fig. 4.—Equus caballus, Linn. ; roof of skull showing broad forehead,
about one-sixth nat. size.—Pleistocene ; Ilford. Brady Collection.
Plate 2.
Bos primigenius, Bojanus ; right fore limb, inner view,—Pleistocene ;
Ilford. Brady Collection.
THE LATE MR. E. N. BUXTON AND
THE PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION OF
THREE ESSEX FORESTS.
EDWARD NORTH BUXTON was born at Upton Lane,
Stratford, on September 1st, 1840. His parents moved
to Leytonstone House, opposite the "Green Man" (now a
school) when he was two years old, and subsequently to Ham
House, the site of which is now West Ham Park. In 1862
he bought Knighton, Woodford, where he resided until his
death on January 9th, 1924.
He joined the Commons Preservation Society in 1866 and
with his brother, Sir T. F. Buxton, supported whole-heartedly
every effort of that Society to preserve Epping Forest. At
one time, about 1866-68, the Society very nearly compromised
on preserving for the public 600 acres only out of the total 6,000
acres of the Forest, but my father managed to secure a majority
—I believe of one—on the committee against this. Soon
afterwards he fought an action on a right-of-way question over
Lords Bushes, at Buckhurst Hill. One of my earliest recollec-
tions is hearing of this "fight" and of seeing my father and
the late Mr. Andrew Johnston set off with two men to remove
a fence across the exit near Buckhurst Hill. I imagined that
a real fight was to take place, and I can remember my horror
when my father and Mr. Johnston returned without the two
men and without any wounds or blood on them. I thought