PREFACE. 



P\URING the autumn of 1895 arrangements were entered 

 *~"^ into between the Publisher of Lincolnshire Notes s* 

 Queries and the Rev. E. Adrian WoodrufFe-Peacock, 

 L.Th., F.L.S., F.G.S., Hon. Organising Secretary of the 

 Lincolnshire Naturalists Union, to publish a Natural History 

 Section of 16 pages each quarter as an annexe to the 

 Antiquarian portion of Lincolnshire Notes & ^uerles^ com- 

 mencing with the January part of Vol. V. of that periodical. 

 The two portions (Antiquarian and Natural History) were 

 kept quite distinct from each other, each having a separate 

 pagination. This arrangement was kept in force during the 

 period January, 1896 to October, 1897, when it was relinquished 

 on account of the Publisher not receiving sufficient support to 

 enable him to continue to publish without charge this section 

 relating to Natural History, in which so few took the interest 

 that was desired. Accordingly a small volume of 128 pages of 

 extremely interesting matter has alone been produced, but 

 there has been supplied a Title Page, Index, and List of 

 Contents, in order to give the volume the position of standing 

 on its own merits. 



The Editor has certainly been fortunate in procuring many 

 able writers on matters Geological, Botanical, Zoological, 

 Entomological, &c., connected with the County of Lincoln 

 which are of considerable value. The very complete Place 

 Name List will serve as a guide to the student of this subject, 

 and deserves a careful perusal. 



Mr. Burton's "Story of the Lincoln Gap," illustrated, is a 

 remarkable account of the laws relating to river courses ; and 

 Mr. George Sills' article on the " Archaeological History of the 

 Wash," shewing the effect the formation of the Wash had on 



