96 HULL SCIENTIFIC AND FIELD NATURALISTS’ CLUB. 
three, none of which, however, are known to have been 
worked during the present century. They died a natural 
death on the draining of this district, which was commenced 
in 1763 and completed in 1798. The three decoys were at 
Meaux, Scorborough, and Watton respectively. I paid a 
visit to the site of the Meaux decoy recently, in company with 
Mr. F. Boyes, of Beverley, who is familiar with the district, 
and supplied Sir R. P. Gallwey with the information in 
reference to the Meaux decoy, which appears in that 
gentleman’s book. We found the position of the four pipes 
in connection with the decoy to be most distinct, and within 
Mr. Boyes’ recollection they have very little altered. This is 
due to the field in which they occur remaining fallow. Some 
of the trees which-sheltered the north side of the decoy still 
PLAN OF THE MEAUX DECOY. 
remain ; they are chiefly sycamore and ash, and shew signs of 
advanced age. 
The site of the pond is roughly rectangular in shape, being 
slightly longer east and west. A pipe is situated at each 
corner; the two at the west end turn towards each other like 
the arms of a pair of calipers. This is a very uncommon 
feature. Those at the east end bend in a southerly direction. 
The pipes are not of equal size. The one at the north-east 
corner is smaller than the others; that at the south-west 
corner is the finest and best preserved. 
There is an interesting feature in connection with the 
Meaux decoy which differs from anything I have seen or heard 
of previously. I refer to the peculiar small promontories or 
projections from the centre of each side. These are now 
about four or five feet high, and extend ten or twelve feet into 
the pond. Their use is not quite clear, but they were probably 
