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for a county like Essex to be without its Field Club. The time had 



come to show that they were not all bicycle mad ; that other things 



were worthy of attention besides boating and cricket, excellent as 



these were in their way ; and they would offer their protest against 



the neglect of Nature in these days. They should not stop at that 



however : they should make their enthusiasm contagious, and seek 



always to impart the virus to their friends. For himself he could say 



that he always strove to prove a source of contagion to others. 



(Laughter.) Mr. Walker made an earnest protest against the wilful 



destruction of rare plants and animals. He was glad to see that the 



Rules of the Club emphasized that protest. They felt that the protest 



was necessary, but they also felt that they had sufficient moral sense 



to know how to deal with the subject. With respect to their field of 



study, they had a comparatively unworked ground in almost all 



branches of Natural History, and in Geology especially. He instanced 



the Glacial Moraine which had been recently discovered not far from 



Epping, with its shells and fossils transported from Lancashire and 



Yorkshire, and which was an example of the kind of work waiting to 



be done in the Geology of Essex. In the course of his very interesting 



address, Mr. Walker also pointed out the benefits to be derived from 



companionship with men who have made a special study of some one 



branch of natural science ; they must remember that books were 



always far behind field work, and the great value of the social meetings 



of Clubs and Societies was that they brought the true student and 



the learner face to face. 



Mr. Martin Burgess, President of the New Cross Society, returned 

 thanks for the cordial welcome accorded to the members of his 

 Society. They had that afternoon seen some of the beauties of Essex, 

 and he hoped it would not be the last occasion on which the two 

 Societies might be able to co-operate in so pleasant and profitable a 

 way. 



The company then rambled about Epping until the time of de- 

 parture by the 8.33 train. This, the third Field Meeting of the Club, 

 was in all respects a successful one. 



Saturday, June 26th. — Ordinary Meeting. 



The Monthly Meeting was held at the Head-quarters, at seven 

 o'clock, the President in the chair. The following were elected 

 members of the Club :— Rev. F. A. Walker, B.D., F.L.S., &'c., Professor 

 G. S. Boulger, F.L.S., F.G.S., Messrs. W. H. Wright, Ernest Thompson, 

 John Waller, T. Travis, and Wm. Bodle. The names of eight new 

 candidates for election at the next meeting were read. 



