Mae. 10. 1855.] 



NOTES AND QUEKIES. 



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of "THOMAS HVNT," OF " HENRY PVTLT :" the A in 



the first name being of a very antique shape, and 

 the V being used for v. The bowls of these are 

 very strongly made, but would not hold a child's 

 thimbleful ; and their mouths are so small, that 

 the heel of another of the pipes will not go in. 

 Amongst the marks on other pipes are : " rich. 



GREENLAND," " RICH. TYLER," " JEFFRY HVNT," OF 



a shield with the device of a bunch of tobacco 

 plant. One has a pointed heel, and "r g" or 

 " R c" on the stem. Jeffrey Hunt is a very com- 

 mon name on old Somersetshire pipes. I do not 

 know that it was the same person ; but on the 

 floor of the north aisle of Norton St. Philip's 

 Church, about two miles from the place where I 

 found the pipes, there was a gravestone to Edward 

 Hunt, son of Jeffrey Hunt, 1656. And in an old 

 rate-book of the same parish, Jeffrey Hunt occurs 

 as a freeholder in 1665. J. 



Curious Properties of the Thames Water (Vol. x., 

 pp. 401. 534.). — 



" By the bye, I cannot help observing, that the water 

 we brought from the Thames, after it had corrupted and 

 stood some time, again refined and grew sweet ; a pro- 

 perty that no other water we had on board possessed but 

 itself. I happened to touch the bung-hole of a cask of 

 the Thames water that had thus refined, and it imme- 

 diately took fire and burnt like spirits." — A Voyage to 

 the East Indies, by Charles Frederick Noble, Esq., late 

 Governor of Marlborough Fort : London, 1765, p. 45. 



At the time he introduces the observation on 

 the water, he was on his voyage out from St. 

 Helena to Java, and had been at sea about two 

 hundred and forty-eight days from Gravesend. 



G. K 



Bolinghroke's Advice to Swift (Yol. xi., p. 54.). 

 — In a collection entitled Letters of Lord Boling- 

 hroke to Dr. Jonathan Swift, D.S.P.D., 12mo., 

 pp. 89., printed at Glasgow by K. Urie, 1752, the 

 phrase "sonner vos cloches" is given (instead of 

 "souper nos cloches"), which completely har- 

 monises the meaning of the passage, and also 

 proves the conjecture of Mr. Breen to be right. 

 All the other parts of the quotation are precisely 

 the same as those in "N. & Q." There seems 

 little necessity for changing such words as " nour- 

 risser," &c., from the infinitive into the imperative 

 mood. The easy familiar style of the epistle 

 shows that it was a tender "receipt" and recom- 

 mendation, rather than the language of a com- 

 mand. The following rendering of the whole is 

 given in a foot-note by Robert Urie, who was an 

 excellent printer and a reputed good scholar. It 

 conveys well the spirit of the original : 



" Take care of your body by good eating, and be 

 cautious of fatiguing it. You may suffer your wit to 

 grow rusty, for it is a useless piece of furniture; and, 

 indeed, a dangerous instrument. Let the early noise of 

 the morning bells break the rest of the canons, and lull 

 the dean into a sweet and profound repose, which may 



give him pleasing dreams. As for your own part, rise 

 late, and go to public prayers ; to return thanks for a 

 good night's rest, and a hearty breakfast." 



G.N. 



Julian Bowers (Vol. xi,, pp. 65. 132.). — A name 

 frequently given to British, Roman, or Saxou 

 encampments, particularly when in any roundish 

 form, as the platform included in the entrench- 

 ment has frequently been used by the neighbour- 

 ing rustic to trace a maze in on the turf, in intri- 

 cacy emulating the one formed by hedges at 

 Hampton Court. A very fine Julian bower is 

 found in the high chalk hill overlooking the town 

 at Louth, in Lincolnshire, to the south-east ; 

 formerly planted with a fine circle of trees, — a 

 very prominent landmark to vessels leaving the 

 German Ocean, near the Lincolnshire coast. The 

 reference which ignorance makes of all things on 

 which the suspicion of a Roman origin rests to 

 Csesar, will account for' their peculiar ascription 

 as Julian ; to which even the great poet Gray sub- 

 scribed in following the vulgar belief as regards 

 the metropolitan stronghold : 



" Towers of Julius, London's lasting shame. 

 With many a foul and midnight murder fed." 



The sign of " The Stag," in Dorsetshire (Vol. xi., 

 p. 74.), and the verses beneath, are a proof in the 

 descending scale. W. B., Ph. D. 



Duration of a Visit (Vol. xi., p. 121.). — The 

 remark referred to is in Miss Austin's novel of 

 Destiny, vol. i. p. 93. ; but it is not there given as 

 " the saying of an old lady in the novel," but is 

 part of Miss Austin's own observations on visiting. 



P. H. F. 



Anglo-Saxon Language (Vol. xi., p. 48.). — A 

 Lady inquires " Whether it would be possible to 

 acquire this language at a small expense of time 

 and money." In reply, I would premise that it is 

 not so easy to acquire a thorough knowledge of 

 Anglo-Saxon as many have been led to imagine; 

 but a very moderate amount of labour devoted to 

 its study will ensure such an acquaintance with 

 the language as to afford considerable " assistance 

 in the study of English etymology." Those who 

 wish to be well acquainted with it will of course 

 obtain Rask's Grammar ; but I would recommend 

 to your correspondent at first to procure A Guide 

 to the Anglo-Saxon T'ongue, by Edward J. Vernon, 

 B.A., of Magdalene Hall. This book contains a 

 grammar and extracts, in prose and verse, with 

 notes, &c., 6s. 6d. ; and is intended for the use of 

 those who have not the advantage of a master. 

 Mr. L. Langley's Principia Saxonica will afford 

 much assistance. It contains " J^ilfric's Homily 

 on the Birthday of St. Gregory," with copious 

 glossary, &c., 2s. M. To these must he added 

 Dr. Bosworth's Dictionary, which may be had for, 

 alone, 12s. ; and Mr. Thorpe's Anglo-Saxon Ver- 



