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Razor-blade in a Tree. — Also on behalf of Mr, P. Gearing, a curious 

 specimen showing a razor-blade deeply imbedded in the branch of a hornbeam ; 

 the wood had grown around the blade and covered it in. It was from Epping 

 Forest. 



Portrait of Dr. H. C. Sorby. — Dr. Sorby presented a photogravure 

 portrait of himself, from the oil painting by Mrs. M. L. Waller, paid for by 

 public subscriptions and placed in the Sheffield University, of which institution 

 Dr. Sorby was one of the Founders. 



Lower Jurassic Fossils from Finchingfield. — Mr. Percy Thompson 

 exhibited and presented to the Museum a few specimens of Lower Jurassic 

 fossils extracted from a snail boulder from mid-glacial gravel, near Finchingfield, 

 on the occasion of the Club's visit on July 28th last. 



Fasciated Branch of Holly. — Mr. Thompson also exhibited a fasciated 

 branch of Holly, found on a bush near the "Robin Hood," Epping Forest. 

 Mr. Cole remarked that this kind of growth was not very uncommon in the 

 forest. There was a specimen in the Forest Museum. 



Thanks were voted to donors and exhibitors of specimens. 



Paper Read. — The Secretary read on behalf of the author, a paper entitled 

 41 On the Salinity of the Sea-water along the Coast of Essex," by Dr. H. C. 

 Sorby, F.R.S. (printed ante, pp. 235-36.) 



Considerable discussion took place on the paper, carried on by the President, 

 Mr. John Spiller, F.I.C., F.C.S., Mr. W. Cole and others, and a vote of thanks 

 was accorded to Dr. Sorby. 



Lecture.— Mr. Yeatman Woolf then gave a lecture on "Sponges : Their 

 Life Historv and Development." The lecture was illustrated by a large number 

 of slides, shown by the electric lantern, and by a series of specimens from Mr. 

 Woolf's own collection. 



A discussion on points raised by the lectin e was carried on by the President, 

 Mr. Scourfield, Mr. Crouch, the Lecturer and others, and a cordial vote of 

 thanks was given to Mr. Woolf. 



The 251st ORDINARY MEETING. 



Saturday, November 24TH, 1906. 

 The meeting was held as usual at the Technical Institute, Stratford, at 6.30 

 p.m , Mr. Miller Christy, F.L.S., President, in the chair. 



. New Members. --The following wer^ elected : — 

 Mrs. A. F. Hogg, 8r, Claremont Road, Forest Gate. 

 Mr. A. Clifton Kelway, Cortingham Rectory, Stanford '-/<•- Hope. 

 Mr. Herbert Playne, M.A., Head Master, Banc/oft School, JVoodJord. 

 Miss F. A. Randell, 33, Bukver Road, Leytonstone. 



Recruiting Members. — The President alluded to a project which had been 

 under consideration by the Council f:>r some time. An abstract of the work of 

 the Club, and what it wished to do, had been prepared in pamphlet form (and 

 christened the "Red-book"), and an introductory letter had been signed by 

 members of the Council to accompany the pamphlet. Yesterday (Friday, 

 November 23rd), a first dispatch of 450 of these communications had been 



