cl Journal of Proceedings.
special points, in which Le President, the Lecturer, Mr. F. C. Gould,
Mr. Bros, Mr. Cole, Rev. W. L. Wilson, Mr. Walter Crouch, Mr. Cham-
pion and others took part, and a hearty vote of thanks was passed to
Mr. Goodchild for his interesting and instructive lecture.
At the conversazione, Mr English exhibited a Long-eared Owl
shot in 1855, a Short-eared Owl obtained in 1856, and a Peregrine
Falcon in 1860, all from Epping Forest.
Mr. Walter Crouch exhibited male and female Sparrow Hawks, shot
at Carswell, Barkingside, in August and September, 1879 ; a Peregrine
Falcon, shot at Charnbrook, Herts, 20th June, 1881 ; a Long-eared Owl,
shot in Hainault Forrest, August, 1879; a Short-eared Owl, shot at
Carswell, Barkingside, in September, 1879; and a Barn Owl, shot at
Fernhall, Barkingside, 16th September, 1879. Mr. F. 0. Gould exhibited
a capital oil painting of a Ger-falcon and two Green Plovers; the
Falcon being in the act of killing one of the Plovers, while the other was
hovering round.
Saturday, May 9th, 1885. Visit to the Deneholes in Hang-
man's Wood.
(In conjunction with the Geologists' Association.)
Many members of the two Societies, as well as others, having ex-
pressed a desire to visit the Pits in Hangman's Wood, this meet-
ing was arranged to meet their wishes, the party being conducted by
Mr. T. V. Holmes and Mr, W. Cole. It was the fourth visit of the
members to the Pits, and reports of former visits will be found in the
' Journal of Proceedings,' vol. iii., pp. xxviii.-xli., and pp. lvi.-lx.; and
vol. iv., xx.-xxiii. On these occasions, however, the visitors were enabled
to inspect two or three pits only, but the labours of the Exploration
Committee last autumn (ante p. cxxiii.) permitted (on this occasion)
about eighty persons to enter twelve pits, owing to the underground
galleries worked out in the chalk. The method of working employed
by the Committee was briefly explained in the account of the explora-
tions last year, and need not be touched upon here (see also Mr.
Holmes' " Miscellaneous Notes on Deneholes, 1883," Trans. E. F. C,
vol. iv., pp. 87-110).
For the convenience of members and visitors, the apparatus for
descending the pits was on the ground early in the morning, thus
avoiding crowding in the pits or delay in descending, and the whole of
them were lighted up with candles and lamps, and magnesium wire
was occasionally burnt to show the great extent of the chambers
and galleries.
The plan of working and most interesting features of the pits were
fully explained by the conductors to the several parties on their arrival
below ground. As regards the sizes and shapes of the pits entered,