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Fisher Unwin [Proc. II., xxxiv.) In like manner we have 

 received and pubhshed " An Angler's Notes on Dagenham 

 Lake," by Mr. John Hillier (Essex Naturalist VI., 146), and a 

 paper on Dagenham Breach by Mr. Walter Croach [Ibid., 155). 

 The voyages down the River Lea on the Conservancy barge 

 under the conductorship of the late Major Lamorock Flower, 

 have also led to the publication of much information about that 

 river. Thus, in July, 1894, Major Flower gave an address {Ibid. 

 VIII., 206) ; subsequent meetings on the Lea in June, 1895, ^^^ 

 June, 1896, gave rise, among other contributions, to Mr. Crouch's 

 " Notes on the River Lea ; Bromley, Bow, Old Ford " {Ibid. 

 IX., 89; see also report of second voyage from Hertford to Wal- 

 tham x^bbey. Ibid., 208) and to Mr. W. C. Waller's " Episode in 

 the History of the River Lea " {Ibid., 190). An excursion from 

 Maldon to Chelmsford in 1891 gave us Mr. Fitch's " Notes on 

 the History of the Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation " {Ibid. 

 v., 248) ; a meeting at St. Osyth and Brightlingsea the same 

 year gave us Messrs. Shenstone and Laver's " Notes on the 

 Colne Oyster Fishery" {Ibid., 257). A famous visit to Maldon 

 and the Blackwater Estuary, under the conductorship of Mr. 

 Fitch in September, 1888, resulted in a report replete with the 

 topography, archaeology, geology and natural history of that 

 district {Ibid. II., 229-250) to say nothing of an illustrated versi- 

 fied account of the excursion by Mr. F. Carruthers Gould, whose 

 New Song of Maldon cannot, however, be claimed as one of the 

 Club's publications. As contributions to antiquarian topography 

 we may consider Mr. I. C. Gould's paper on " A Naturalist in 

 Essex a Century and a half ago" {Ibid. VI., 112) and Mr. 

 Crouch's " Astronomy in W^anstead " {Ibid. Vll., 151), while the 

 Rev. S. Coode Hore's paper on " Navestock in Olden Days ; 

 stray notes, Pre-historic, Saxon and Norman " is a masterpiece 

 of local history {Ibid. VIII., 220). 



Sanitation. In a few directions our work has come into 

 contact with sanitary science. In 1890 Mr. William Rome 

 sounded a noie of alarm concerning the proposed discharge of 

 the London sewage into the sea at Fowlness and Soutlnninster 

 and the effect upon the Essex oyster culture (Essex Naturalist 

 IV., 41), a proposal which was fortunately afterwards withdrawn 

 {Ibid., 125). Dr. J. C. Thresh gave us a paper on " The Sanitary 

 Condition of Essex," in 1890 {Ibid. 97), and another in 1891 on 

 " Vital Statistics for the County of Essex " {Ibid. V., 47), and in 



