THE ESSEX FIELD CLUB 
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An inscription on the alabaster tomb of Thomas Smith, 1577, which 
runs:— 
“ What Ye arth, or Sea, or Skies conteyne, what Creatures in them be 
My Mynde did seeke to knowe, my Soule the Heavens continually.” 
appealed favourably to the naturalists present. 
Mr. Prance was cordially thanked for his kind hospitality and his 
very pleasant and interesting leadership. Leaving the church, the brakes 
conveyed the party to the Brick-Pit at They don Mount, where, by the 
{Block kindly lent by I lie Essex Arcluvological Society). 
kind attention of the Manager, Mr. Bonner, the section shows passage-beds 
from London Clay to Bagshot Sands, comprising sandy loam, passing down 
into more clayey beds with septaria, and containing intercalated seams 
of brickearth. Sharks' teeth have been met with here, but no other fossils. 
Small oval surface pockets containing burnt wood, clay, and 
fragments of coarse dark prehistoric pottery, but no bones, have been 
noticed from time to time in this pit, and may be small Kilns, of 
unknown age. 
The members subsequently walked through the adjacent Beachet 
