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NATURE NOTES 
and the following subscriptions over 5s. : Louis Ames, Esq., los. ; \Vm. 
Whitwell, Esq., 21s. 
NEWS FROM THE BRANCHES. 
Croydon and Norwood. — The monthly meeting of the Branch was held 
at North Park Ladies’ College, by kind permission of Miss H. K. Sturton, when 
Mr. N. F. Roberts, F.G.S., lectured on “ Our Palaeolithic and Neolithic ancestors, 
and the tools they used.” Remains of human handiwork bad been found in the 
valleys of the Thames and its tributarie.':, of which the local Wandle Valley was 
one. Some three or four gravel terraces of the ancient Wandle were traceable, 
its valley extending from Sutton to Thornton Heath, where the uppermost terrace 
had recently yielded fossil elephant and horse bones and tusks. Man was repre- 
sented by his flint implements, but these are rare locally, and none have yet 
been found in the Thornton Heath cutting. The stone implements were a 
hundred and fifty years ago described as thunderbolts. The manufacture of flint 
into gun-flints is still carried an to a slight extent at Brandon, in Suffolk, and no 
doubt even when bronze and iron were being used by our ancestors of two or 
three thousand years ago, there were still those who continued to use flint 
implements. Even Croham Hurst had yielded specimens of man’s tools, although 
how they came there is a mystery. Possibly they were dropped there before the 
level of the country around had been lowered. Some very rude “ eoliths,” or 
early palatolithic stones, had been found by Mr. Robarts, at Worms Heath, and 
elsewhere, which must have been brought there by river-action, when the upraised 
Weald was pouring away its substance through the gaps formed by the denuding 
torrents. A number of implements were shown by the lecturer in explanation of 
his remarks, and an exhibition was given by means of the lantern. Mr. Robarts 
was, in conclusion, heartily thanked for his lecture, on the proposition of Miss 
Sturton, seconded by Mr. Harding. 
Market Weighton. — Under the auspices of the Branch a course of five 
lectures on British Birds, has been delivered by Mr. C. F. Archibald, of the 
Yorkshire College, Leeds. The attendance has been remarkably good, averaging 
about 1 10. A prize has been offered by the Rev. Gwyn L. M. Rees, Vicar, hr 
the best essay written on the lectures, by the boys of the National School. 
Selborne Saturday Afternoons: — 
January 11 . — Visit to St. Saviour’s Collegiate Church, Southwark. The 
church is close to London Bridge Station. Assemble at the South Transept 
door at 2.15. The Rev. Canon Rhodes Bristow has kindly promised to conduct 
the party. 
January 25. — Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, S.W., Department 
of Geology. Assemble at 2.15 p.m. Dr. A. Smith Woodward, F.R.S., Keeper 
of the Department, has kindly promised to give a demonstration on Fossil 
Reptiles. 
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