NOTES ON THE LEA VALLEY. 77 



comprises some 60,000 acres. The limits of the whole Forest 

 were laid down in the perambulation, which was reprinted in tiie 

 article referred to (E. N. vi. 12-16), and were roughly indicated 

 on a sketch-map prepared for Professor Meldola's paper on the 

 Forest Stones and the little Museum Leaflet, published in 1895. 

 Now that a considerable portion of old Hainhault Forest has 

 been secured as a reserve open space, which it is hoped will 

 rapidly reassume a forestal character, it will be convenient to 

 take the ancient Forest of Waltham as the area tor faunistic 

 papers and records. I therefore reproduce here, for the benefit 

 of new members and contributors, the sketch-map alluded to 

 above. The bounds of Hainhault as distinct from Epping are 

 on the western side of the River Roding to Park Corner Stone, 

 then by the margin of the Bourne Brook to the stone " sculptered 

 and named Richard's Stone, and from thence by the hedge of 

 the land of Robert Makin leading direct to the gate called Over- 

 mead Gate," and thence westward (forming the northern 

 boundary) " unto the bridge of Aybridge, otherwise Assbridge," 

 where the boundaries of Epping Forest are met (see perambu- 

 lation at pages 13-14, loc. cit.). The eastern boundary stones of 

 Waltham Forest were described in Professor Meldola's interesting 

 paper in E. N. ix., i-io, with drawings of six of them by Mr. H. 

 A. Cole. Now that special attention is being directed to 

 Hainhault we may hope to have many records and lists from the 

 ancient forest lands. 



NOTES ON SECTIONS IN THE LEA VALLEY 



AT CANNING TOWN. 



By A. S. KENNARD and B. B. WOODWARD, F.L.S., F.G,S, 

 [Read April \th, 1903.] 



a. 



SINCE there are no permanent sections in the Lea Alluvium 

 and the growth of London threatens soon to cover it with 

 buildings, it is of the greatest importance to observe such chance 

 excavations as are made from tmie to time during building 

 operations. In igoi additions were made to the Paragon Printing 

 Works, Ford Park, Canning Town, and some interesting 

 sections were exposed. 



In these modern alluvial deposits there are always minor 



