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the county, and to those gentlemen out of the county who had been 

 known to have worked in any particular branch of natural history 

 in the county. The result up to the present time has been almost 

 nil, for, except Mr. F. B. Sawyer's admirable paper on the 

 " Mammals and Birds of Sussex," and the Rev. Mr. Bloomfield's 

 paper and lists of the Lepidoptera of Guestling, the Committee 

 had literally received nothing from either the members of this or 

 any other society. lu the meanwhile, Eastboui-ne had published lists 

 of the Fauna and Flora of its district, Mr. Roper a separate work 

 on the Flora of Eastbourne, and the Lewes Society proposed the 

 publication of lists of their district. 



Under these circumstances, he considered it behoved the 

 society to bestir itself, and see whether some definite plan could 

 not be adopted by which all the facts known might be bi-ought 

 together, and bo an authentic record be obtained of the Natural 

 History of the county of Sussex, to which, as the departments 

 of Meteorology and Palaeontology wei-e so intimately connected 

 with present and past life, these two subjects should be added. The 

 plan he proijosed for the society's consideration was the appointment 

 of sub-committees, consisting of three or four gentlemen known to 

 take an interest in any particular branch, with power to add to 

 their numbers others, whether in or out of the society, as 

 corresponding members, each sub-committee reporting periodically 

 the results of its labours. By this means some definite work 

 would be accomplished, and, when facts of a sufficiently important 

 character had been accumulated, steps might be taken for giving to 

 the world the result of their labours in such a shape as the society 

 might deem best. 



One sub-committee might very fairly take charge of the 

 Meteorology and Geology of the county. He considered rainfall, 

 together with atmospheric disturbances, the silting up of the rivers 

 and the alterations in their channels, would connect meteorology 

 closely with geology ; while the wearing away of the cliffs, the 

 encroachment of the sea in the one part and its retiring in anothei% 

 as physical changes still going on, should receive the due attention 

 of this sub-committee, who would also endeavour to make a list of 

 all fossils reported as found in the county, as well as plans or 

 sections of any interesting facts brought to light by cuttings or 

 excavations. The great problem being solved by Mr. H. "Willett 



