Nearer in date to our own times are the remains of Man and other animals
from the PEAT Beds of the Lea, when the Horse, Small Ox, Red Deer, and the
Wolf were common dwellers in the forest districts. Mr. Greenhill exhibits a
collection of Neolithic Stone Implements, "flakes," and "coves." and examples
of implements of Bronze. The collection of objects obtained during; the Essex
Field Club's investigations in the Ambresbury and Loughton Camps are fully
displayed and explained, and tend to prove that both these Forest Camps were of
the late Celtic age.
Banqueting Room in the Lodge, before the establishment
of the museum.
Mr. Chalkly Gould's collection (arranged by himself) of Romano-British
Pottery, &c., from Chigwell, brings us to the Roman times. A pamphlet fully
explaining this collection may be had of the attendant, price 6d.
With respect to the Existing Flora and Fauna, an attempt is being made
to illustrate some of the more prominent features of the natural history of the
Forest. The Gilled Fungi (Hymenomycetes) are shown by means of actual
specimens preserved by the late Mr. English, of Epping, and also by a fine set of
about 500 Coloured-plates (comprising very nearly all the Forest species), which
we owe to the kindness of Dr. M. C. Cooke. Some of the other tribes of Fungi,
and the Forest Mosses, are in course of arrangement.
The Flowering Plants are at present represented by a series of specimens,
also preserved by the late Mr. English, exhibiting most of the Natural Orders
occurring in the district (excepting those comprising the forest trees and bushes, which