a fishing town of Essex, situated on the river Thames, about eight miles east of London.

Barking of trees, the peeling off the rind or bark. This must be done, in our climate, in the month of May, because at that time the sap of the tree separates the bark from the wood. It would be very difficult to perform it at any other time of the year, unless the season was extremely wet and rainy, for heat and dryness are a very great hinderance to it.