THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
No. 91.] JUNE, MDCCCLXXI. [Price 6d. 
Answers to Correspondents. 
Enclosure of Epping Forest.—My readers will recollect 
the struggle in which | embarked three years ago to prevent 
the enclosure of Epping Forest, a struggle in which my 
brother members of the Haggerstone Entomological Society 
took a most noble and patriotic part, assisting with funds and 
counsel, and with all the interest they could bring to bear on 
this great and national question. Feeble, indeed, are the 
efforts of that class to which we, of the Haggerstone, belong: 
we neither possess the funds nor the influence that can rescue 
public property from the grasp of the wealthy; but, in this 
instance, some of that very class have taken a part in the 
proceedings; and a remnant of that lovely forest is for a 
while rescued from the hand of the spoiler. The entire 
question is one of money ; and we must not yet consider our 
property safe. It may remain with us for a time; but zeal 
for the good cause may, ere long, cool, while the rapacity of 
the aggressor knows no rest. Our great enemy is the very 
law that. should be our greatest friend, and that fearful 
engine must be fed by money, and we, alas! have no means 
of satisfying its voracious appetite. Still, let us be thankful 
for the apparent victory we have gained, and enjoy the 
results of that victory, of right over might, before it is 
turned into a defeat. The following extract is from the 
‘Daily News’ of the 29th of April:—“ The House of Com- 
mons bas once more resolved that Epping Forest shall be 
rescued from the incursions of the surrounding landlords, 
and preserved for the recreation and enjoyment of the people. 
A popular Parliament has in this renewedsvote justified its 
popular origin and proved its popular sympathy. ‘The only 
matter of regret in last night’s vote is, that the Government 
did not profit by the experience of last year, and consent to 
Mr. Cowper-Temple’s motion. It was quite evident from the 
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