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Saturday, May 29th, 1880. — Ordinary Meeting. 



The Ordinary Monthly Meeting was held in the St. John's Church 

 Schoolrooms, kindly placed at the disposal of the Council by the 

 Rector, the Rev. C. J. Ridgeway. The President occupied the chair. 

 Upwards of eighty members and friends were present. 



The following were balloted for, and elected members of the Club :— 

 Miss Alcock, Mrs. M. Smith, Messrs. JohnFinzi, J. M. Gawler, Charles 

 J. Glass, Frank Jesse, Charles Thomas, F.G.S., Charles Welsh. The 

 names of seven new candidates were read. 



Mr. Worthington Smith, F.L.S., exhibited six large and heavy Palaeo- 

 lithic implements, found by himself in the Valley of the Lea, near 

 London, and of the same age as the elephants and other anim.als sub- 

 sequently mentioned by Mr. Walker in his lecture. These implements 

 are found on both sides of the Lea Valley, generally in sand and gravel, 

 and not unfrequently with bones of Elephas primigenius. 



Mr. Saward exhibited a remarkably pale form of Argynnis Eiiphro- 

 syne (the " Pearl-bordered Fritillary Butterfly ") from Ongar Park 

 Woods. 



Mr. E. A. Fitch, F.L.S., brought up for exhibition and distribution 

 amongst the members a large number of specimens of the usually rare 

 Cress, Lcyidium draha. This plant is a native of the middle and south 

 of Europe, but is not admitted into the British list, being considered 

 by Mr. Watson as an alien ; it has occurred in fields and on hedge- 

 banks, at Swansea, St. Peter's, Ramsgate, and in Essex, but always 

 rare, and appearing to be introduced. Mr. Fitch's specimens were 

 from his fields at Maldon. The plant was first noticed tw^enty or 

 twenty-five years ago, and is now very common. The roots penetrate 

 to a great depth in the soil. Mr. Fitch was of opinion that the seeds 

 of the plant had been introduced with foreign clover seed. 



Mr. Henry Walker, F.G.S. (author of "The Glacial Drifts of 

 Muswell Hill and Finchley," " Saturday Afternoon Rambles, Rural 

 and Geological," &c.), then delivered a lecture entitled "A Day's 

 Elephant Hunting in Essex." (Transactions, Vol. I., pp. 27-5S.) Mr. 

 Walker illustrated his lecture by reference to numerous maps, plans, 

 and geological sections, some of which were new, and specially pre- 

 pared for the occasion. He also showed some fine specimen fossils 

 from his own collection. The lecture was listened to with deep atten- 

 tion by the audience, and Mr. Walker was much applauded at its 

 close. 



The President said it was almost unnecessary for him to speak of 

 thanks to the lecturer, they had already given their verdict in that 

 hearty burst of applause. The lecture was well worthy of the attention 

 it had received, and he had great pleasure in announcing that the 

 Council had resolved to print Mr. Walker's essay, so that the members 



