170 THE ESSEX NATURALIST.
jaw remained and not a single tooth. The skull was small and round,
probably that of a young person. No long bone was sufficiently perfect to
allow of the height of the individual being estimated.
No relics of any description were associated with the skeleton itself,
but a few pieces of broken pottery and of Roman roofing-tiles were found
close by the coffin.
The coffin and other remains have been given to the Dagenham Urban
District Council by the owners of the field in which they were found.—
Percy Thompson.
Jellyfish.—I should like to elaborate somewhat, my concluding re-
marks in the article on this subject in the last Part of the Essex Naturalist
(page 85).
We may, so to speak, envisage a parallelism between the Hydra Tuba
and its Strobila and the flowering plant. Just as the plant may, and
does on occasion, reproduce itself by vegetative means only, omitting
the usual production of flower and fruit, so the Hydra Tuba may, in my
view, in the absence of favourable conditions permitting it to strobilate
and develop ephyrae, reproduce itself by budding alone, as is the case
with the freshwater Hydra.
Erratum. On p. 80, line 35, for "solus" read "whilst living by myself."
Page 86 (Bibliography), for "Charles Percy" read "Charles Perez."—
F. J. Lambert.
Fifty Years a Borough—The Story of West Ham.—In com-
memoration of its Jubilee, the County Borough of West Ham has
issued a remarkably interesting book, which reviews the official activities
of the borough during the entire period of its existence as such. Under
the editorship of the Borough Librarian, Mr. Donald McDougall, and
with the assistance of a number of contributors, a vast amount of infor-
mation is given which constitutes a complete history of the district and
its development. This work, which runs to nearly 300 pages, and is
copiously illustrated, can be warmly recommended to all interested in
local affairs '. it is published in paper covers at one shilling, a sum which
represents but a fraction of the actual cost of production.—Editor.
OBITUARY.
The late Canon Russell.—With the passing, on 19th May
last, at the age of 84, of the Rev. Canon A. F. Russell, M.A., of
Dedham, our Club loses the last but one of its "Original
Members," who dated from its foundation in January, 1880,
So recently as 16th April, 1932, he took part in our visit to Great
Bardfield, where his son, the late Rev. G. W. Russell, was then
rector. "The old order changeth!"
Percy Thompson.