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he was disposed to believe that the balance of evidence was in favour of the 

 latter. 



Mr. Southwell, F.Z.S., said that he, and, he believed he might add, all 

 the members of the Norfolk and Norwich NaturaHsts' Society would welcome 

 any scheme by which co-operation between the scientific workers of East 

 Anglia could be brought about, and mentioned at least one line of work 

 which seemed to have been neglected in the Norfolk district. He was 

 strongly in favour of adding Ethnology to the subjects to be covered by the 

 Norfolk Society or by the united Societies, and mentioned that near Cromer 

 there were people possessing racial peculiarities which would well repay 

 special study. The establishment of a fresh-water biological station had been 

 advocated by one of their members, who thought that a floating station could 

 be equipped for a small sum, and made self-supporting, and he agreed with 

 Mr. Cole that everything possible should be done in the way of investigating 

 the continually changing fauna of the coast, especially in he estuaries. 



Mr. Scherren, F.Z.S., also spoke in favour of the proposal for combined 

 work in the directions indicated. 



Mr. Adair Roberts thought that perhaps they might nominate members 

 of the different societies to prepare some scheme of -work, but Prof. Meldola 

 said that that had already been done. It was eventually agreed that it 

 should be an instruction to the Council of the Essex Field Club to take such 

 steps as may appear necessary to bring about some kind of co-operation 

 between the Natural History Societies of East Anglia, with a view to promo- 

 ting systematic action in biological work and in all matters concerning pre- 

 historic archaeology. 



At the invitation of the Chairman, Mr. E. E. Hennesey, B.Sc, then gave 

 some particulars of the scheme of education carried on at the Countess ot 

 Warwick's School at Bigods, which the party were to visit that afternoon. 



Prof. Meldola proposed that votes of thanks should be passed to all who 

 had assisted in the conduct of the meeting, specially mentioning Mr. Rogers, 

 the Rev. A. L. Whitfield, and Mr. Pritchett. He said that Lady Warwick 

 had hoped to be present and to have personally welcomed them at Bigods, 

 but an engagement that could not be put off prevented her having the 

 pleasure of meeting the members, whom, in her name, he invited to visit 

 the school. 



The carriages were then again put into requisition for a pleasant drive 

 through the lanes to Bigods, where the company was received, in Lady 

 Warwick's absence, by Mr. and Mrs. Hennesey. This was the second visit of 

 the Club to the School, which was started at the time when the County 

 Council had not taken into serious considerition the question of education in 

 rural districts, and the course of work has been so planned as to be of special 

 service to pupils who intend to adopt farming or kindred pursuits as their 

 occupation in after life. Mr. Hennesey conducted the visitors round the 

 workshops, laboratories, class-rooms, and poultry runs. All are of the most 

 modern design, and Mr. Hennesey explained the working of the scheme. 

 The apiary and garden plots were also visited, Mr. Thomas Hacking explain- 

 ing the agricultural portion of the curriculum. 



