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Part Y., Vol. XIV] [APRIL, 1906. 



The 



Esse* Naturalist : 



BEING THE 



JOURNAL 



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ESSEX FIELD CLUB 



EDITED BY 



WILLIAM COLE, F.L.S., F.E.S., 



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PAG I 

 Further Notes on the Pile-dwelling Site at Skitt's Hill, Braintree, 

 Essex. — A Kepoit on the excavation of a portion of the Relic- 

 bed, October, 1900. By F. W. Reader {With Two Plates 

 and mfmercnts Illustrations). . . . .. .. 137 



Selenite. By W. H. Dalton, F.G.S., F.C.S... .. .. 147 



A Whale at Mersea in i2gg. By J. E. Harting, F.L.S., F.Z S. .. 149 



The Corresponding Societies' Committee of the British Associ- 

 ation, London, 1905. Report of Club's Delegate, F. W. 

 Rudler, I.S.O., F.G.S .. .. .. ..152 



The Essex Field Club : Reports of Meetings, April 24th, 1905, to 



April 7th, 1906 .. .. .. .. .. 155 



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