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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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but necessarily of the same import, and quite as 

 prolix. J. R. 



Cork. 



Gi-imesdyke ; Grimes Graves (Vol. v., p. 231.). 

 — As J. F. F. Las repeated Blomefield's account 

 of these curious pits (commonly known as Grimes 

 Graves, in Weeting parish, Norfolk), it is right to 

 add some more recent information respecting 

 them. An investigation was made there last 

 month, by digging a trench through the middle of 

 a pit, and at the depth of about three feet an oval 

 fire-place of flints was discovered, containing nume- 

 rous bones of oxen, &c. One of the smaller pits 

 was then similarly treated, and we found the same 

 proofs of habitation. No stone implements were 

 discovered, but further researches may bring some 

 to liglit. Blomefield's statement that it is a Danish 

 camp is quite without foundation, and his "form 

 of a quincunx," in which he supposed the pits to 

 be, could have existed only in his own imagination, 

 stimulated by the learned labours of Sir Thomas 

 Browne. There can be no doubt now that they 

 were dwellings of the British, similar to the pits 

 on the coast at Weybourne. That Grime was a 

 Danish leader, " Praepositus," &c., is also open to 

 doubt. When so many British earthworks are 

 designated by this name, what is more likely than 

 that the Saxons, not knowing whose hands had 

 erected them, superstitiously ascribed them to the 

 grim spirit, the Devil ? — whence Grimsdyke, the 

 Devil's ditch, &c. Neither this opinion, however, 

 nor Mr. Guest's (a " boundary ") seems applicable 

 to a Hundred, as Grimeshoo, unless as being so 

 full of Grime's operations. C. B,. M. 



Junius and the Quarterly Jteview again (Vol. v., 

 p. 225.). — I confess that I could draw quite a dif- 

 ferent conclusion from that of Carolus Cuksitob 

 respecting Junius's single misspelt mention of 

 Lord Lyttleton's name. If, as the reviewer argues 

 (supposing I remember the article correctly), the 

 Hon. Thomas Lyttleton only once mentioned his 

 father, in order to prevent public attention set- 

 tling on himself as the author of Junius's Letters, 

 it seems to me to be in unison with such artifice, 

 that he should have purposely made a slight error 

 in spelling the name. ]3ut is the writer, and not 

 the printer, responsible for this blunder ? 



Alfred Gattt. 



Ink (Vol. v., p. I,')!.), — A learned Cambridge 

 professor, who has been a V.P.R.S., once related to 

 me the following anecdote, in reference to the 

 celebrated and most practical philosopher, the late 

 Dr. Wollaston. In the rooms of the Royal So- 

 ciety the Doctor chanced to mention that he could 

 not, for the life of him, discover the composition 

 of the rich black pigment used by the ancient 

 Egyptians in their inscriptions on the mummy 

 cases. He had analysed it over and over again, 

 and invariably found animal matter present. How 



j was this ? " Why," observed a member, to the 

 grievous annoyance of the somewhat self-opinioned 

 Doctor, " they used the ink of the (Sepia offici- 

 nalis) cuttle-fish." This most remarkable excre- 

 tion is of the deepest black hue; and that it retains 

 its peculiar qualities unimpaired, even after being 

 buried beneath the chalk formation of this earth 

 of our's for unnumbered periods, is proved in the 

 case of the well-known Ibssil ink of Dean Buck- 

 land. I know not whether or no this will answer 

 the Query of Mr. W. Sparrow Simpson, B.A. 



COWGILL. 



Maps of Africa (Vol. v., p. 236.). — Ajax is 

 informed that the best map of Morocco that has 

 probably appeared is given in the volume of 

 the Exploration Scientijique de VAlgerie, entitled 

 " L'Empire de Maroc par Berbrugger," An ex- 

 cellent map of Algeria by R. H. l3ufour, is pub- 

 lished at a moderate price by Longuet, 8. Rue de 

 la Paix, Paris. The date on my copy is 1850 ; it 

 forms one of a series of maps issued by the same 

 parties, and forming an Atlas of Algeria. I add 

 from the Leipzig Catalogue (1849, viertes Heft) 

 the title of a work which may assist Ajax in his 

 labours. Tiiough I have not examined the work 

 myself, I know It to be of some repute. The 

 author now forms one of the mission for exploring 

 Central Africa : 



" Barth Dr. Heinr. Wanderungen durch die Kiisten- 

 lander d. Mittelmeers, ausgefiihrt in den J. 1845, 1846 

 u. 1847. In 2 Bdn 1 Bd A.u.d. T. : Wanderungen 

 durch das Punische u. Kyreniiisclie K'ustenland od. 

 Mag'reb, Afrik'ia u. Bark'a. Mit 1 (litli. a. ilium.) 

 Karte (in Imp. fol.) gr. 8. Berlin, Hertz." 



The travels of Dr. Barth had especial reference 

 to the discovery and identification of ancient lo- 

 calities. Northman. 



Learned Men of the Name of Bacon (Vol. iii., 

 pp. 41. 151.; Vol. v., p. 181.).— To this list may 

 be added that of a learned lady, namely, of the 

 Lady Ann Bacon (Cooke), second wife of the 

 Lord Keeper, and mother of the Lord Chancellor. 

 She translated, from the Italian of Bernardine 

 Achine, Tioenty-five Sermons, published about 

 1550. 



Sir Nathaniel Bacon, the painter, was the 

 youngest son of Nicholas, the eldest son of the 

 Lord Keeper, and consequently the latter's grand- 

 son. This Nicholas, of Redgrave, Suffolk, was 

 High SheriS" of Norfolk, 1597, and represented 

 the same county in the parliament of 1603. He 

 was the first person created a baronet ; and from 

 him are descended the Bacons of Redgrave, Suf- 

 folk, afterwards of Great Ryburgh, Garboldishara, 

 GlUingham, and now of Raveningham, Norfolk, 

 premier baronets of England. 



There are engraved portraits of Lady Ann 

 Bacon, and of Sir Nathaniel the painter. 



CowGn-L. 



