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features of the district were then very different from those which 

 now exist. Professor Boyd Dawkins, who has carefully studied 

 the organic relics, has identified the mastodon, the great 

 southern elephant, the Etruscan rhinoceros, the terrible sabre- 

 toothed feline, and certain other mammalia which are quite char- 

 acteristic of the Upper Pliocene deposits of the Continent and of 

 East Anglia. The discovery is believed to be at present unique. 

 Another discovery of a rhinoceros, in Fleet Street, London, this 

 year, is also worthy of note. A fine skull of this Pleistocene 

 mammal was exhumed whilst digging on the site of the offices of 

 the Daily Chronicle. 



And now, turning to matters which more immediately concern 

 the members of this Club, first and foremost, I feel bound to 

 allude to the great loss it has sustained by the death of Mr. H. J. 

 Moule, one of its oldest and most respected members. For 

 more than a quarter of a century, I believe, Mr. Moule has been 

 a distinguished member of this Club, and his familiar form was 

 always to be seen in a prominent place, acting "cicerone" at 

 our summer excursions, or taking part in the discussions at our 

 winter meetings within the walls of this room. On all 

 occasions he was ready to place his great knowledge of the 

 history and antiquities of the county at the service of the Club, 

 and the papers he contributed upon numerous antiquarian and 

 scientific subjects will form a lasting memorial of one who took 

 a pride in devoting the best portion of his life to the promotion 

 of scientific knowledge in this county and elsewhere, and to the 

 prosperity of this Club and its kindred society the County 

 Museum. 



I am happy to say, bearing in mind the account I must give of 

 my stewardship, that during the time I have had the honour of 

 occupying this chair, the numbers of the Club have increased, 

 and its financial prosperity, thanks to our excellent Treasurer, 

 Captain Elwes, is, I trust, assured, and more than assured in the 

 future. But, as I pointed out last year, it is not sufficient that 

 our numbers should be increased, unless the general interest of 

 the public in our affairs is increased also ; and that desirable 



