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NOTES AND QUEKIES. 



t2«as. No64.,Jan. 10.'67. 



curious to know how the spider constructed his 

 web ; I therefore watched very often, and for a 

 great length of time, to be satisfied: and at last 

 was so fortunate as to find one at work on the 

 polygonal parallels which cross the long radial 

 lines ; and by observing this, I could easily uhder- 

 stand how those tadials were managed, for after 

 all my numerous watchings I never found one 

 about them. The work was simply thus : suppose 

 one polygonal line to be from 



A to fij 



the radials running from 



to 

 c 



arid froth to 



3 



The line A b being already finished, and forhiing 

 the last line of one whole polygon, the spider 

 went from a to c (holding the thread in its claw 

 of one of the hinder legs), where he fastened the 

 fibre by a glutinous secretion ; then Went back to 

 A (still holding the thread in its claw, as before), 

 and walked along a — b, and down to d, where he 

 fastened the thread, as before ; and thus he con- 

 tinued the work, until 1 had seen three whole 

 polygons completed. The foregoing being clearly 

 understood, it is easy to understand how the 

 radials are formed. 



I regret to say I never could find another at 

 this very curious work, and that this is conse- 

 quently all the information 1 can ofier to 

 Arachne. 



I feel bound to add that^ although not a philo- 

 sopher of any kind, what I have said is from what 

 I actually saw, and with the assurance of its being 

 accurate and true. T^ L. Mebritt. 



Maidstone. 



SelderLS l^irtAplace (2"*^ S. ii. 469.) — The 

 house in which Selden was born, in the retired 

 village of Salvington, must have undergone many 

 alterations since the year 1584. It presents its 

 gable-end to the roadside. The exterior certainly 

 does not look two centuries and nearly three 

 quarters old. There is a pretty white rose on 

 one side, and a honeysuckle on the other side of 

 the door. On passing these, into the interior, you 

 have a room of ancient asjject before yOu. When 

 visiting this room, a short time since, I observed 

 affixed to the wall a paper, written by the incum- 

 bent of the parish, wherein was given assurance 

 of the pious end of Selden's life. There is also to 

 be seen there a copy of Selden's baptismal cer- 

 tificate, in which he is mentioned as the son of 

 " John Selden, minstrel." His biographers speak 

 of him as " descended from a good family." Sal- 

 vington is a chapelry of West Tarring. 



J. DoKAN. 



Epitaph on a Child murdered by its Mother 

 (P!^ S* li. 506.) — May I offer a much better 



version of these two lines, in the second of which 

 Honour can have no place ? 



"'Twas Love that conquered Shame that gave thee 

 breath, 

 And Shame that conqiiefeil Love decreed thy death." 



Instead of the Latin translation given, may I 

 humbly suggest this ? 



" Heu nasci te jussit Amor, vicitque Pudorem, 

 Teque Pudor victo jussit Amore iliori." 



C. De la Pbyme. 



Authorised Versions of the Hebrew Scriptures 

 (2"^ S. ii. 429. 474.) — Since I put the question 

 which has elicited the information kindly given by 

 Mb. Buckton, I have seen an advertisement of 

 an English version of the Old Testament, to be 

 procured at the Jewish Chronicle Office, Bevis 

 Marks, City. I much wish to know by whose au- 

 thority this Version is put forth; whether with 

 the imprimatur of the tihief tabbi ? Delta. 



Bell Gable for Three Bells (2"'^ S. ii. 467.) — 

 At Bothal, Northumberland, the bell gable is 

 pierced for and has three bells. Wdn. 



''La Carmagnole'' (2°'^ S. ii. 394.)— I offer a few 

 more verses of this once popular song, which, pos- 

 sibly, you may think worthy of being added to 

 those which have already appeared in your co- 

 lumns. The opening verses are, I think^ as fol* 

 lowSj viz. — 



" Les Canons viennent de resonner, 

 Guerriers soj'ons prets h marcher. 

 Qitoyens et Soldats, 

 En volant aiix CombatSj 

 Dansons la Carmagnole, etc., etc. 



^' En vain des milliers d'ennemis 

 Contre noas se sOnt reuhis ; 

 Les dangers, le trepas, 

 Ne nous effrayent pas. 

 Dansons la Caramagnole^" etc. 



Then, after the failure of the Duke of Yotk at 

 Dunkirk, the following was added, Viz.-^i-^ 



" Le Diic de York s'etait proriiis 

 Que Dunkirke serait bientdt pris, 

 Mais son coup a manque, 

 Grace a nos Canoniers ! 

 Dansons la Carmagnole," etc., etc. 



In singing it, formerly, the word " Carmagnole," 

 was i think more frequently pronounced as if 

 written " Caramagnole," than otherwise. 



A. C* M. 



Exeter. 



Eggs in Gkps, in Heraldry (2°'' S. ii. 353.) — 

 The arms of SchaW of Greenwell are three covered 

 cups, two and one, and a star in the centre of the 

 shield : the tinctures are no longer visible on the 

 old stone carving from which I took these bear- 

 ings, but I have seen the arms, I knoTtr not if cor- 

 rectly, blazoned three covered citps, or, two and 

 oncj on a fieW, azure : the centre star, plain enough 



