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rounded by an architectural framework of ele- 

 gant design by Mr. Cory, the architect. The 

 monument was intended for the cathedral, but an 

 objection having been made by the Dean and 

 Chapter to the inscription, written by the Rev. 

 Thos. Ebdon, minor canon, and nephew of the 

 organist, it was by my permission placed in its 

 present situation. Let me correct another mis- 

 take. The count was buried, not by the side of 

 Mr. Stephen Kemble, in the Nine Altars, but 

 near the remains of another of his kind friends, 

 Mr. John Leybourne, Deputy-receiver of the 

 Dean and Chapter, in the west end of the cathe- 

 dral, near the doorway leading into the northern 

 tower. His grave is marked by the letters J. B., 

 the initials of his name. J. R. 



Sir Ferdinando Gorges (2"'^ S. ii. 108.)— There 

 IS a Query, under the title of " New England 

 Queries," in the number for Aug. 9. : 



" Where are the papers (if extant) of Sir Ferdinando 

 Gorges, Governor of Plymouth, about 1620? " 



Connected as I am by marriage with the family, 

 and much as I have endeavoured to Investigate 

 its history, I doubt whether any original papers 

 of Sir Ferdinando are now extant. 



But I possess a very curious and rare volume, 

 entitled — 



" America painted to the Life, written by Sir Ferdi- 

 nando Gorges, Knt., Governor of Plimouth, in Devon- 

 shire, one of the First and Chiefest Promoters of the 

 Plantations. Publisht since his Decease by his Grandson, 

 Ferdinando Gorges, Esquire, who hath much enlarged it, 

 and added several accurate Descriptions of his own. 4to. 

 London, 1658." 



This volume appears to contain a full account 

 of every transaction relating to the settlement of 

 the Province of Maine and Massachusetts, as far 

 as the family of Gorges was concerned. 



I have also lately met with an Historical Dis- 

 course by il/r. George Folsom, read before some 

 Society in Maine or Massachusetts, which em- 

 bodies the information contained in these tracts 

 of the Gorges, and seems to contain everything 

 which can now be gleaned on the subject. 



The MSS. in the British Museum appear to re- 

 late chiefly to the conduct of Sir Ferdinando in 

 the affair of the Earl of Essex, which was some 

 years previous to his great exertions in the colo- 

 nisation of America. Affinis. 



" Aneroid'' (2"* S. ii. 98.) — Mb. Phillips says 

 that aneroid means moistureless ; Dr. Mayne (in 

 his Expository Lexicon) calls it " a faulty term 

 intended to signify airless." I will not ask _an 

 etymological question, viz., what different persons 

 think the word ought to mean according to the 

 supposed derivation ; but I will ask the following 

 simple historical questions relating to a plain 

 matter of fact. 



1. In what work does this ^^/atdty term" first 

 occur ? 



2. Who invented the term ? 



3. What is the explanation or derivation of the 

 term given by the inventor ? M. D. 



Portraits of Swift (2"'> S. ii. 21. 96.) — Thank- 

 ing C. for his information on this subject, I feel 

 sorry I cannot supply him with further details of 

 Importance as to the edition of Swift's Works 

 alluded to by me, being in possession of only one 

 volume, the main title-page of which Is defective, 

 but from some of the Inside title-pages to par- 

 ticular tracts I find it to be " vol. iv.," and " Printed 

 in the year mdccxxxiv." An " Advertisement " 

 to the volume, amongst other things, commences 

 by stating : 



" The ensuing volume which compleats the Set contains 

 all such Writings imputed to the Author as relate to Ire- 

 land ; whereof the principal are called The Drapiers 

 Letters, and to these we have added two which were 

 never printed before. They were procured from a Friend 

 of the Author's in the original Manuscript as we are as- 

 sured and have good Reason to believe : those who are 

 better judges will soon determine whether they are genuine 

 or no." 



The edition I cannot say positively to be from 

 the press of Faulkner, though usually considered 

 so. The plate bears no name of "Vert," or 

 " Vertue," nor of any engraver's marks whatever. 

 It is possible that the work may have been alto- 

 gether brought out clandestinely. G. N. 



Crooked Naves (2"'^ S. i. 432. 499., &c.) — The 

 nave of St. Mary's church, at Bungay, is built In 

 a different line from the chancel ; the divergence 

 Is almost ten degrees, as I judge by the eye. The 

 chancel is the oldest part, being early Decorated, 

 or late Early English, whilst the nave is early Per- 

 pendicular. The pews, however, it Is very re- 

 markable, are of the same age as the chancel, and 

 have plainly been worked up In the late rebuild- 

 ing of the nave. The chancel is now In ruins, 

 only the other part of the church being used for 

 divine service. B. B. Woodwakd. 



Bungay, Suffolk. 



Holly, the only indigenous English Evergreen 

 (2""^ S. I. 399., &c.) — In the limestone districts 

 at the head of Morecombe Bay, about Silverdale, 

 and In various parts of Furness, both the yew and 

 juniper grow In profusion. The yew and holly 

 attain a large size, and as they grow in juxta- 

 position, amidst rocks never disturbed by the 

 hand of man, it may naturally be supposed that 

 the one Is as much entitled to be styled " Indi- 

 genous" as the other. Has Ma. White ever 

 visited that part of the kingdom ? G. (1 .) 



Patrick O' Kelly, the Irish Bard (2"'' S. ii. 107.) 

 — I remember seeing this person when he was 

 making a tour through the south of Ireland in 



