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sheet by Whitaker and Dalton. And in i8go Mr. \V. H. Dalton wrote for 

 the Essex Field Club " A brief sketch of the Crag Formation of East Anglia. 

 An outline of the Nature, Position etc., of the Beds which have furnished the 

 Collection of Crag Fossils in the Essex Museum of Natural History," a 

 valuable little pamphlet, giving the latest aspect of the subject. ^ 



On the present occasion, Mr. W.H. Dalton F.G.S., and Mr. T.V. Holmes, 

 F.G.S. were the " Conductors," and we had also the benefit of the company of 

 Mr. J. E. Greenhill who had been staying at Walton for some little time. 

 Unfortunately the stormy weather much restricted the party, which assembled 

 at about i o'clock at the " Royal Albion " Hotel for luncheon. Afterwards 

 a walk along the foreshore was taken to inspect the sections of the London 

 Clay and the Crag, but very soon the rain came down and observations had to 

 be taken under the shelter of umbrellas Mr. Dalton, was, however, able to 

 demonstrate most points of interest, and a few fossils were collected, although 

 the wet and "greasy" state of the cliffs rendered climbing somewhat un- 

 pleasant and at times unsafe. The geological and topographical observations 

 made are embodied in Mr. Dalton's special report in the present part of the 

 Essex Naturalist (see pages 217-21). As the afternoon wore on e\en the 

 enthusiasts were compelled to beat a retreat to the inn, and to ward off the 

 damp with a cup of warm tea. 



Afterwards an Ordixary Meeting (the 213th) was held, the President 

 Prof. R. Meldola, in the chair. 



The following were elected members of the Club: —Mr \V. H. Ault, Re\-. 

 Henry E Bird, Rev. Father Clements, Mr. H. W. Lewer, Mrs Lewer, Mr. 

 H T Malby (F. Roy, Photo. S.) and Mr. Elliott Sparks. 



Mr. Picton exhibited a Neolithic Celt found by one of his pupils on the 

 beach at Clacton .-Vlthough Palaeolithic Implements have been found at 

 Clacton, there appear to be no records of Neolith Celts in that neighbourhood. 

 A figure of this implement will be given later in our journal. 



Mr. Henry Mothersole exhibited a Neolithic Implement from the gravel- 

 pit in " Admiral's Park " Chelmsford, whence Mr. H. Corder obtained the 

 fine spear-head many years ago which was recorded and figured in the 

 "Transactions'' of the Club [Trcins. E.F.C, vol. ii., p 29, pi. ii.) Mr. 

 Mothersole's implement, with other Neoliths from the neighbourhood of 

 Chelmsford, will be figured in a future part. 



Mr. Mothersole also exhibited and presented to the Museum, a few flint 

 flakes and " scrapers" gathered that morning on the shore at Walton, from 

 the spot near which Dr. Laver and Mr. Spalding had found so many 

 implements (see Essex Naturalist, vol ii., 187). 



.A short discussion took place on the subject of the erosion of the East 

 Anglian coast, and Mr. Holmes read some notes from the British Association 

 Report on Coast Erosion which he had extracted for the purposes of the 

 meeting These are embodied in the notes on Coast Erosion in another part 

 of the present issue (see pp. 221-24). 



Towards the evening the ramble was continued along the cliff to the pretty 

 modern village of Frinton. Mr. Dalton had no difficulty in strikingly demon- 

 strating his remarks — Frinton has suffered in an extraordinary degree from coast 

 erosion — the site of the old Frinton Hall lying half-a-mile out at sea, and 



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