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tastes and habits : he only reached the point of consecrating his learning 

 to the cause of truth above all things. You will discover this from his 

 writings ; and these will more faithfully exhibit to you the rest of his 

 character than the suspected testimonials of an epitaph. Whatever 

 virtues he had, they were not enough to put forward as a matter of 

 glory to him, nor as an example to thee. Let his faults be buried with 

 him. If you seek an example of good life, you have one in the Gospel ; 

 would that there were nowhere any of bad life ; of the shortness of life, 

 you have an example (may it profit thee) both here and everywhere. 



" His birth, on August 29th, a.d. 1632 ; his death, October 28th, 1704, 

 is recorded by this tablet, which itself must perish ere long," 



The church was thoroughly examined, and afterwards the whole party 

 was most hospitably entertained at tea at the rectory by Mrs. and Mr. 

 Rodwell and spent sometime in their pleasant garden. The Club intended 

 visiting Magdalen Laver Church, when the Rev. Mr. Jones, rector, 

 would have explained its points of interest, but time was wanting. In the 

 cool of the evening the members strolled back to Ongar, and sat down to a 

 capital supper tea at the " King's Head." The President made some 

 congratulatory remarks on the success of the first field meeting, and 

 announced that classes for instructing members in the use of the 

 microscope and the study of plants and animals were in contemplation. 

 The Club left Ongar by the 8.15 train, everything having passed off in an 

 extremely satisfactory manner. 



Saturday, April 24th, 1880. — Ordinary Meeting. 



The Ordinary Monthly Meeting was held at the Head-quarters at 

 seven o'clock, the President in the chair. Nearly fifty members and 

 friends were present. Donations of books and pamphlets were announced 

 from Messrs. Hy. Walker, F.G.S., A. and G. H. Lockyer, H. Goss. 

 F.L.S., and the President. Certificates in favour of eight candidates for 

 election at the next meeting were read. 



Mr. W. Cole exhibited a series of specimens of Ephyra pnnctana for 

 the purpose of showing that the species exhibits in a marked degree the 

 phenomenon of " Seasonal-Dimorphism." There are two broods of the 

 moth in the year, one appearing in May from pupa which have passed 

 the winter in that stage. Eggs laid by the May moths produce another 

 set of individuals in July, which are very different in appearance ; but 

 some of the pupce frequently remain undeveloped, and wintering over, 

 appear in the May following as the ordinary form of the species. Mr. 

 Cole pointed out that this curious fact could be explained on the 

 principle of "reversion," in accordance with Dr. Weismann's theory. 

 The May or " Winter " generation may be viewed as the primitive form 

 which existed in the Glacial epoch : as the summers gained in warmth 



