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disgusting exhibition took place some time in the 

 year stated. Abhorrent as the death must seem 

 to all right thinking persons, the " epitaph " is 

 curious ; and perhaps the moral or admonition in 

 the two last lines should not be disregarded. Is 

 there not something approximating to the passage 

 of— 



"He who fights and runs away, 

 Will (or may) live to fight another day." 



S. Redmond. 

 Liverpool. ' 



The following inscription is copied from a tomb- 

 stone in the church of Cantley, a remote village 

 on the north bank of the estuary of the Yare. 



It sufficiently characterises the life of a man of 

 independence, and to a certain extent the mental 

 calibre of his associates, the enthusiasm with 

 which they pursued the country sports, and their 

 honest regrets, though quaintly expressed, for the 

 loss of their boon companion, who possessed the 

 means, and did not fail to apply them, to promote 

 the pleasures of the chase, and to cheer them by 

 his hospitality. 



In the ancestral residence of the family is pre- 

 served an equestrian portrait of this fine old 

 sportsman, accompanied by the Duke of Grafton, 

 both in curledand flowing wigs, with running foot- 

 men, and surrounded by their hounds and atten- 

 dants : — 



"Here lieth y* body of Robert Gilbert 

 of Cantley in y County of Norfolk, Gent.,- 

 who died 6"^ day of October, 1714, 

 Aged 53 3'ears. 

 In wise Frugality, LUXURIANT 

 In Justice, and good acts, EXTRAVAGA^^T, 

 To all ye world a UNIVERSAL FRIEND. 

 No foe to any, but 3'* Savage Kind, 

 How many fair Estates have been Erased, 

 ; By y« same generous means, y* his Encreased. 

 His duty thus performed to Heaven and Earth, 

 Each leisure hour fresh toilsome Sport gave birth. 

 . Had NIMROD seen, he would y^ game decline. 

 To Gilbert mighty Hunter's name resign. 

 Tho' hundreds to y« ground he oft hath Chased, 

 That subtile FOX DEATH, earthed him here at last, 

 And left a.Fragrant Scent, so sweet behind. 

 That ought to be persued, by all Mankind." 



H. D'AVENET. 



Aunt Sally (2"'* S. x. 46.) — Allow me, by 

 way of supplement, to remind you of my queries 

 on this subject, forwarded early this year: — I. 

 The origin of this play, and how long known to 

 exist ; and 2. Is the Mack lady suspended from 

 rag shops any relative, or is she the veritable old 

 lady on another peg. George Lloyd. 



Senex's Maps (2"^ S. x. 8.) — Various maps 

 published by John Senex, conjointly with Charles 

 Price and John Maxwell, are in the library of 

 Trinity College, Dublin. Among them are North 

 America and Germany^ Lond. 1710, fol. ; Mos- 

 coyy [Lond.] 1712, fol. ; Sacred Geography, con- 

 tained in six maps [by John Ssnex and William 



Taylor], Lond. 1716, 4to; South America, Asia, 

 Africa, Europe, Lond. [s. a.], fol. 'AAuus. 



Dublin. 



River Jordan (2"« S. x. 109.) — The Wady 

 Arabah, discovered by Burckhardt in 1822, was 

 conjectured to have been, at some remote period, 

 the channel by which the Dead Sea had dis- 

 charged its waters into the Bahr Akabah (Red 

 Sea) ; but it has been ascertained that this never 

 could have been the case, as the level of the Dead 

 Sea is considerably lower than that of the Red 

 Sea. (Penny Cyc. art. " Syria.") Lieut. Sy- 

 monds, R.E., makes it 1312 feet, and Russeger 

 1341 French (or 1431 English) feet below the 

 level of the Mediterranean. The Lake of Taba- 

 rieh (Tiberias) is 666 feet, and the ruins of Jericho 

 are 560 feet below the level of the Red Sea. 



" The fact undoubtedly is," says Wilson {Lands of the 

 Bible, i. 286.), " that the Wddi 'Arabah and its continua- 

 tion, the valley of the Jordan, whatever partial changes 

 the}' may have undergone in our Adamic era, together 

 form" perhaps the most wonderful crevasse in the whole 

 world — a fissure made by volcanic and basaltic erup- 

 tions, long before the race of man appeared on the globe." 



The Jordan (Sheriat Kebir) terminates in the 

 Dead Sea, the excessive heat and evaporation 

 leaving no water to be carried into the Red Sea 

 or elsewhere. T. J. Buckton. 



Lichfield. 



J. M. S. is referred, on the subject of his Query, 

 to the Encyclopcedia Britannica, vol. xvii., eighth 

 edition, paragraph beginning at the last line of 

 page 187. : — 



" It is now generally believed to be most probable that, 

 anterior to the historical period, the whole vallej' from 

 the base of Hermon to the Red Sea, was once an arm of 

 the Indian Ocean, which has gradually subsided, leaving 

 the three lakes in its bed with their connecting river." 



The same paragraph has farther remarks on the 

 subject. It occurs under the title " Palestine." 



G.J. 



Edinburgh. 



John Wythers (2"^ S. x. 19.)' — In^a family 

 pedigree the second son, his Christian name not 

 being given, of one Whityers or Witcher, is " said 

 to have been Dean of Chichester." Can he be 

 identified with John Wythers ? W. C. 



American Rivers (2°^ S. x. 90.) — In answer 

 to X. Y. Z. as to the volumes of water discharged 

 into the sea by the St. Lawrence and the Missis- 

 sippi, I should say that the former is decidedly 

 the greatest volume. I know nothing personally 

 of the latter, but I believe 12 to 14 feet is its 

 greatest depth at any of its numerous mouths, 

 whereas the St. Lawrence (with which I am well 

 acquainted) is navigable to Montreal, about 500 

 miles from the sea, for the largest steamers which 

 cross the Atlantic ; and the reason for their being 

 unable Jo proceed higher is not for want of water, 



