Journal (if Proceedin<is. 



XXIX 



Kelly, Alexander . . 



Letchford, E. . . . 



Lockyer, Alfred . . 



Lockyer, G. H. . . 



Meldola, R. . . . 



Melles, William . . 



Owen, John . . . 

 Pitt-Eivers, General . 

 Eamsden, Hildebrand 



Robarts, N. F. . . 



Saul, George T. . . 



Smith, W. G. S. . . 



Snell, E. A. . . . 





 



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 110 

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 5 

 110 

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 110 

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Spicer, Albert. 

 Thomas, Charles 

 Tozer, A. H. . 

 Trimmer, Dr. . 

 Unwin, Fisher 

 Walker, Henry 

 Wheeler, E. . 

 Wilson, Eev. W. L 

 Winstone, B. . 

 Yeates, Mrs. . 



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£46 3 



Sufficient funds having been subscribed for the investigation of one 

 Camp, at the Council and Ordinary Meetings held on February 26th the 

 following members were nominated as a Committee to conduct and 

 supervise the operations :— The Officers ex officio, Mr. D'Oyley (Honorary 

 Surveyor), Messrs. H. A. Cole, J. EngHsh, N.F. Eobarts, Charles Thomas, 

 T. Fisher Unwin, and F. H. Varley ; and subsequently Mr. A. Tozer and 

 Rev. W. Linton Wilson joined the Committee. It was decided to begin 

 with Ambresbury Banks ; the contract for the work was taken by Mr. 

 Charles Cuthbert, of Loughton ; and very carefully made plans and 

 working sections were provided by the kind exertions of our Honorary 

 Surveyor. 



On the morning of May 30th the contractor and workmen were duly on 

 the ground, together with our directors General Pitt-Eivers and Mr. 

 D'Oyley, and several members of the Committee. A part of the rampart 

 to the left-hand side entering the Camp from the Epping Eoad had been 

 staked out, but it was found that excavations there would necessitate the 

 removal of at least one large tree ; and a site to the right of the entrance 

 free from trees of any size was linally chosen. The ground was speedily 

 staked-out by the Surveyor, the bushes cleared away, and the turf peeled 

 off. Then commenced the careful work which demanded the close 

 attention of the explorers for eight or nine days. The earth was 

 systematically dug out in " spits" by the workmen and thrown into the 

 barrows or cart, where each spadeful underwent a rigorous examination 

 by the several members of the Committee on "searcli duty." It was 

 found impossible to use the sieve in consequence of the clayey and 

 agglutinative nature of much of the soil, and small geological hammers 

 and extemporised spades were soon busily employed in turning over and 

 over the debris of the ancient rampart. But some of the searchers found 

 that their hands were really the best instruments in such close work, and 

 several of the "linds" were the result of persevering digital exercises. 

 Throughout, the workmen were very careful and watchful, faithfully 

 carrying out the directions given to them. The plan of operations and 

 theory of the work are set forth in the Eeport [Transactions, ii., 55] , and 

 need not be recapitulated. As evidence of the care taken, and as a slight 



