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The President detailed the present position of the exploration of the
Loughton Camp. Two cuttings had been made, but the evidence
obtained was not considered sufficient, and the committee had resolved
to make another cutting at least. This would be commenced shortly,
and in the meantime a preliminary report would be presented to the
British Association at Southampton, giving an account of the work done,
and asking for a renewal of the committee, with the addition of the name
of Mr. Worthington Smith, F.L.S.
Unanimous votes of thanks having been passed to Mr. Kent, Mr. Unwin,
and the other gentlemen who had assisted during the afternoon, the meet-
ing resolved itself into a conversazione, at which Mr. Oxley exhibited
under his microscope Stephanoceros eichornii and Floscularia cornuta;
Mr. Thomas, Lophopus crystallinus and Fredericella sultana; Mr. Letch-
ford, Limnias ceratophylli and Vorticellae; Mr. Saville Kent, species
of Hydrachnids and various preparations of Zoophytes and Infusoria
recently observed by him in Wales; Mr. Wire, 6 species of fossil shells
from the Woolwich beds at Leyton ; Mr. Fisher Unwin, various views of
Chigwell and its neighbourhood; Mr. Lister, water-colour drawings of
Lemna and Vaucheria. Mr. English exhibited the following species
of Orchideae, preserved by his process:—Orchis mascula, 0. maculata,
O. morio, Habenaria bifolia, Ophrys apifera, Neottia nidus-avis and
Listera ovata. Also 21 species of mosses from the Forest and 4 species
of Equisetum :—E. maximum, E. arvense, E. palustre and E. limosum.
About half-past 8 o'clock the very gratifying meeting broke up, some
members driving to Woodford, others preferring to ramble through the
sweet little village immortalised by Dickens, and across the water-
meadows to Buckhurst Hill station.
Monday, July 4th, 1882.
This day, Sir Arthur Hobhouse, Q.C., the Arbitrator under the Epping
Forest Act, attended at Old Palace Yard, Westminster, to sign the final
award and official map which determines for all time the boundaries
of the "free and open forest." According to this map, Epping Forest
consists of 5,530 acres, 3 roods and 17 perches.*
Monday, May 29th, 1882, and following days : Monday, August 14th,
1882, and following days.
Preliminary Report on the Explorations at the Loughton Camp.
In abstracting the few literary references to Ambresbury Banks, near
Copthall ('Proceedings,' vol. ii., xxx.), we incidentally referred to the
* Reduced copies of this official map, on the scale of 3 inches to a mile, may be had at
Stanford's, Charing Cross, at 2s., or mounted on cloth, Os.; and a cheaper (incomplete)
edition at 6d. Although not perfect, it is the best map hitherto published, and some
members may be glad to know of its existence.