DEMONSTRATION ON FIRE-MAKING APPLIANCES. 49 



Matys Treasure " unto Richard Viscount Castlemain, " Warden 

 of his Mats, fforest of Waltham," the sum of ^67 los. "to be 

 distributed amongst the officers of the said fforest hereafter 

 named for the quarter ended at Michs, 1728." 



It is of local interest to note that this order though in favour 

 of the same individual as the 1741 warrant (as Warden of the 

 Forest) was written when he was known as Viscount Castlemain. 

 Sir Richard Child obtained this title in 1718 but did not attain 

 the dignity of Earl Tylney till 1730. 



The un-named Chief Ranger, who has £2 los. as his 

 quarter's allowance, was, no doubt, John Goodere, Esq., who 

 seems to have held that office, with all its perquisites, for the 

 long period from 1722 to 1757. The total sum to be disbursed 

 and the allocation of the salaries are the same as in the later 

 order but in naming the various walks into which the forest was 

 divided we find " Leighton, Walwood, and Homefrith" ; thus 

 adding Wahvood to the forest place-names. 



This warrant has, unfortunately, been so mutilated so that we 

 have now no signature of the minister at foot, nor of the examin- 

 ing clerks at the side as in the document of 174 1. On the back 

 is the signature Castlemain owning receipt in full on the 

 3rd Januar_\', 1728 (1729 according to modern style). 



Though not, perhaps, of great importance these documents 

 are ver}' interesting as they show something of the methods of 

 administration of the affairs of the forest, and they may be useful 

 hereafter should anyone endeavour to add to the information to 

 be found in Fisher's Forest of Essex (1887). 



[By the kindness of Mr. Gould, the above document has 

 been very neatly framed for exhibition i-n the Museum together 

 with the former Order presented by him in March, 1895. — Ed.] 



NOTES OF A DEMONSTRATION ON PRIMI- 

 TIVE FIRE-MAKING APPLIANCES. 



[By Edward Lovett.] 

 [At the meeting of the Club on December 17th, 1898 (E. N., 

 vol. X., pp. 410-11), Mr. Edward Lovett, the well-known student 

 of " survivals " of early implements and handicrafts, gave a 

 lecture or demonstration on methods of obtaining fire, an abstract 

 of which, in his own words, we are enabled by his courtesy to give 

 here] : — 



In response to the invitation of your worthy Secretary, I have brought 

 for exhibition and description a few typical examples of primitive Fire-making 

 Appliances from my somewhat extensive collection of these interesting 

 objects. 



