Oct. 9. 1852.] 



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One of the asserted principles of the Exhibition, 

 tliat of the ridge and furrow roof, may thus be 

 traced to the year 1818 ; and that of the cast-iron 

 columns being used as rain-water pipes, to the 

 year 1820. C. E. B. 



St. Christopher (Vol. vi., p. 62.). — There is 

 a gigantic figure of St. Christopher in painted 

 glass in a window in the east wall of the south 

 transept of Strasburg Cathedral. The window is 

 a Komanesque lancet, but has subsequently been 

 filled with Flamboyant tracery. Chevebblls. 



Cowdray (Vol. i., pp.75. 146.). — There was a 

 family of the name of Cowdreij or Cowdry living 

 in Oxford circa 16-18. One of them, John Cow- 

 dreij, was admitted about that time into Magdalen 

 College, of which he afterwards became Fellow ; 

 and eventually Hector of Bramber, Sussex. He 

 died in July, 1697. Another John Coivdrey was 

 buried at St. Peters-in-the-East, Oxford, Nov. 19, 

 1678. Magdaleksis. 



Frampton, Bishop of Gloucester (Vol. vi., 

 p. 100.). — Robert Frampton was baptized at 

 Pimperne, a village near Blandford, Dorsetshire, 

 Feb. 22, 1622. His parents, Robert Frampton 

 and Elizabeth Selby, were married Jan. 18, 1601. 

 He was the youngest of a family of four sons and 

 three daughters. The name of Frampton occurs 

 in the parish register from 1561 to 1744. 



A. S. A. will find many particulars of him in 

 Wood's Aihence, vol. iv. p. 889. His death is men- 

 tioned by Calamy, Life and Times, vol. ii. p. 269. 

 Pie is mentioned also in Sewell's History of the 

 Quakers, folio edit., p. 590. \V. E, 



Pimperne, Dorset. 



lutun (Vol. vi., pp. 60. 201.). — Cowgill -will find 

 the etymology of lijtim, to which I alluded, in the 

 glossary annexed to AVeber's Illustrations of 

 Northern Antiquities. The one which he adduced 

 is, as well as I remember, Grimm's. 



Richard F. Littledaxb. 



Uncovering the Head and uncovering the Feet 

 (Vol.vi., p. 195.). — Yaur correspondent A. CM. 

 remarks that the Siamese uncover the feet, or 

 " put off their shoes on approaching the presence 

 of a great man." 



An explanation of this conventional usage may 

 perhaps be found in the fact that when a king 

 ascends the throne of Siam, the ceremony of cover- 

 ing his feet, or putting on the royal shoes, is the 

 final act of investiture with the sovereign dignity. 



In England the ceremony of covering the head 

 is the final act of investiture with a dignity, rank, or 

 honour. Thus our sovereign is crowned : a coronet 

 denotes the rank of the noble, and a cap is placed 



upon the head of the recipient of the degree of 

 doctor in our universities. 



I conceive, therefore, that the ceremony of un- 

 covering the head, which prevails in this country, 

 signifies a temporary divesting, putting off, or set- 

 tin" aside of the dignity, rank, or honour, which 

 is represented by the covered head : and that 

 hence the act of uncovering the head is with us, as 

 the act of uncovering the/<?e^ is with the Siamese, 

 a conventional mark of respect, an act of self- 

 abasement equivalent to the use of the phrase — 

 " I am. Sir, your very humble servant." 



J. Lewelyn Ccrtis. 



Savez (Vol.ii., p. 516.). — This Query still re- 

 mains unanswered. The word is found in most 

 colonies ; and is not derived, here at least, from 

 the French, but from the Portuguese. The former 

 were not great colonists ; the latter were. Here 

 and at Canton we owe it to the neighbouring 

 Portuguese settlement of Macao. The Portuguese 

 verb is " saber." W. T. M. 



Hong Kong. 



Names of Places (Vol. v., pp. 250. 365. 452.).— 

 E. N. mentions Burdiehouse. I know the place 

 well, and have always understood the contraction 

 to be of Bourdeaux House, not of Bourdeaux 

 simply. When Queen Mary was confined in the 

 neighbouring Castle of Craig miliar, her suite, 

 composed of French, lived here, and also in an 

 adjoining village, still called " Petty France." 



Perhaps the most curious corruption I know is 

 that of Lixmaleerie in Scotland, having originally 

 been " L'Eglise de Marie." Costorphine, near 

 Edinburgh, has also a French root, " Croix d'or 

 fin." W.T.M. 



Hong Kong. 



^'Not serve two Masters'' (Vol. vi., p. 223.). — 

 These lines, which are doubtless the composition 

 of Sir Walter Scott, form the motto prefixed to 

 the fourth chapter of Kenilworth. Appended to 

 them are the words " Old Play,'' so common with 

 Scott when giving lines of his own at the com- 

 mencement of a chapter. J. K. R. AV. 



John de Huddersfield (Vol. vi., pp. 54. 280.). — 

 John de Huddersfield was the engineer who pro- 

 posed to execute (and obtained a grant from the 

 King) a great work at Bridport Harbour, nothing 

 lesslhan an efficient harbour (which had ceased 

 to exist), in the reign of Richard II., provided 

 certain tolls were allowed to be taken by him and 

 those who acted with him. 



Perhaps, if the Dom-Book of Bridport were 

 accessible, something might be learnt. The day 

 may not be far distant, when no body of men will 

 be allowed to keep secret any important document 

 of their archives. G. R. L. 



