184 Mr. A. B. Fani. 



give you renewed interest in these precious relics of the past. 

 Whenever I lecture upon archaeology I feel it my duty to ask 

 all classes to assist in the preservation of these ancient 

 remains, which speak to us forcibly of the early history of our 

 country. I hope I have shewn that they are worth preserving, 

 and have a value far beyond a pecuniary one. 



38. — List of Species of Ephemerid^ found in the 

 Neighbourhood of Croydon. 



By Rev. A. E. Eaton. 



I. — Ephemera danica, Muller (Mayfly). The Ravensbourne 

 above Lewisham. 



2. — Habi'oplilebia ficsca, Curtis. Near Dorking and Reigate 

 in small streams. 



3. — Ccenis iiiacrura, Stephens. In a pond near the footpath 

 and wood between Plaistow, Kent, and Grove Park. 



4.- — Ephemerella ignita, Poda. The Ravensbourne, near 

 Southend. 



5. — Ba'etis rhodani. Picket. Common in streams at Bromley. 



6. — Centroptiluin Intcoluui, Muller. Ditto. 



7. — Cloeon diptencm, Linne. Small ponds at Lewisham. 

 Likely to occur in the remains of the Surrey Canal. 



8. — Cloeon simile, Eaton. With No. 3. 



9. — Cloeoji riifulum, Muller. With the preceding species ; 

 also at Keston Ponds. 



10. — Heptogenia elegans. In the river near Dorking. 



39. — A Week in the Country of the Broads. 



By A. B. Farn, Esq. 



[Read loth October, 1883.] 



Geologists tell us that the true fens in this country are con- 

 fined to the great peaty and alluvial flats of Cambridgeshire, 

 Lincolnshire, and the Wash, having an extreme length of 73 

 and an extreme breadth of about 36 miles, and do not include 

 the marshes and broads of Norfolk. The title, therefore, 

 which your secretary has put down on the notice is not strictly 

 a correct one, as my paper is really on a portion of the Country 

 of the Broads. 



One July, more than 12 years ago, I paid my first visit to 

 the Country of the Broads, and made the little village of 



