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Essex Naturalist: 



BEING THE 



JOURNAL 



OF THE 



ESSEX FIELD CLUB. 



EDITED BY 



WILLIAM COLE, F.L.S., F.E.S., 



Honorary Secretary and Curator. 



Contents. 



PAGE 



Geological Notes on the New Reservoirs in the Valley of the Lea, near 



Walthamstow. — By T. V. Holmes, F.G.S. (with Plate and 12 illustrations) . . i 



On the variations in numbers and habitat of Marine Animals on the Coast of 



Essex during the last lo or 12 years. By H. C. Sorby, LL.D ,F.R.S , cS:c. 17 



Address at the 21st Annual Meeting. By David Howard, F.CS 24 



Fish-hooks or Gorges of Wood from France (similar to those from Essex). 



By Edward Lovett. {unth illustrations) .. .- .. 28 



Annual Report of Council for igoo 32 



The Essex Field Club. Reports of Meetings from January 26th to March 30tb, igoi ... 39 



Short Papers. Notes on Hand-Printing .--ilk Works at Waltham Abbey and West 

 Ham, by H. W. Littler, 43 ; Vegetable Colouring-matters used as Dyeing 

 Materials inScotch Highlands, by the DucHKSb of Sutherland, 45; Recent 

 work on Molluscan Morphology, by Prof. G. B. Howes, LL.D., F.R.S. ... 46 



Queen Elizabeth's Lodge and the Epping Forest Museum .. 50 



Palaeolithic Implements from Thames Valley, chiefiy Ilford and Grays. By 



J. P. Johnson {luith 5 illustrations) 52 



Obituary Notices. The late G. J. Symons, F.R.y. (with Plate I.) 57. The late Mr. T. 



H. Wilson (with portrait) 60 



The Library Table. Dr. Thresh's Report on Water Supply of Essex. By W. H. 



Dalton, FG.S., 62; Harting's Handbook of British Birds 65 



Notes— Original and Selected 67 



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 respective papers. 



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