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[2nd s. No 37., Sept. 13. '56. 



Preseiithnejiis of Death (2"^ S. ii. 149.) — I hope 

 that none of your " numerous readers " will think 

 it worth while to reply to the requisition of R. ; 

 and I trust that, if any do, you will not insert 

 their communications. No other effect can be 

 produced by them than the excitement of morbid 

 Sensibilities ; without one grain of utility to thfe 

 inquirer into natural phenomena, or even a profit- 

 able suggestion to the moral instructor. E.'s own 

 language shows how useless would be the investi- 

 gation, for he says that some entered the field 

 with presentiments that were fulfilled, and some 

 that were falsified ; while others, who had no pre- 

 sentiments at all, met their deaths notwithstanding. 

 The latter, of course, comprehended the thought- 

 less and indifferent; the former, such as from 

 religious and considerate feelings prepared for 

 what was very likely to be the iate of any who 

 entered into the fearful strife. I am sure that 

 most of your " numerous readers " will feel that 

 this is not a subject for " N. & Q." D. S. 



Device of a Star and a Crescent on Seals (2"'^ S. 

 ii. 89.) — The devices of sun, moon, and star, 

 whatever may be the allusion, are not confined to 

 ecclesiastical seals. The following are examples 

 to which I can immediately refer : — 



Southwark Priory : Sun and moon. 



Abbey of Tavistock : Sun and moon. 



Borough of Ashburton : Sun and riiooh. 



Corporation of Exeter: Sun, moon, and star. 



Common seal of Lyme-Regis : Sun, moon, and 

 star. J. D. S. 



Bottles filled by Pressure of the Sea (2"'' S. i. 

 493. ; ii. 114.) — Mr. Woodman has obliged me 

 by his communication. The question " how does 

 the water enter the bottle " seems, however, to be 

 yet suhjudice. 



Several mariners have presented me with bottles 

 filled in the manner indicated by the statement of 

 Captain Spowart : in each the wax covering the 

 cork and mouth of the bottle remained unbroken. 

 Gold has been proved by the Florentine Academi- 

 cians to be pervious to water. Has water by any 

 experiments been squeezed through glass ? It 

 has occurred to me that if hollow globes could be 

 so graduated as to be filled at depths of 100, 200, 

 1000, 2000 fathoms, &c., the mariner could in 

 deep sea soundings ascertain upon hauling in the 

 sounding line whether it had been affected by 

 currents, on observing how many of the globes 

 attached to the lead were filled. Perhaps Maury 

 may induce some captain to fill one column more 

 of his abstract log with observations on the sub- 

 ject. John Husband. 



Berwick. 



Names of the Days of the Week (2"'^ S. ii. 133.) 

 s^ If your correspondent B., who asks for the name 



of the heathen deity, &c. to which each day was 

 dedicated, would only refer to the first vol. of Ctavis 

 Calendaria^ from pp. 100. to 131. he will find some 

 interesting information on the subject; as well as 

 a table exhibiting the presumed superintending in- 

 fluence of the planets over the twenty-four hours 

 of the day, or Nychthemeron, throughout the 

 week. B_ g^ 



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