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Kiustz. This is properly spelt Kine-bell. Whether this 
parish was distinguished for possessing a church bell before others, 
and received this whimsical name in consequence, I cannot say ; 
but I know ofno more certain explanation. To say that Kimble 
derives ifs name from the fabulous King Cymbeline, or Cuno- 
beline (had that worthy ever existed) is like deriving the name 
of Luther from the Lutherans. 
Lovpwater. Loud, lude, lade, lede, lide, with several other 
variations, mean channel or course of water. ‘‘The Lyde” of 
Bledlow is a curiosity well worth visiting for the geologist. 
Martow. Mar hasalready been explained to be equivalent to 
moor or marsh: the name means precisely the same as Marston, 
Merton, Moreton, &c. 
MEDMENHAM, more properly IMedenham or Meydenham, means 
place of horses. Itis not generally known even among antiquaries, 
that meyden is one of the numerous Saxon names for horse, and 
that Maidenhead signifies Maidenhythe or Horse-wharf; between 
which place and other parts of the neighbourhood trade was carried 
on by means of horses. The ancient inn sign of the Maidenhead 
was probably represented origimally by a horse’s head. In the 
same way are to be explained numerous local names like Maiden 
Castle, Maiden Camp, &c., which occur in many parts of the 
country. 
MissENDEN means, so far as I can make out, dirty town. 
PENN is a Celtic remnant, and perhaps the purest form of any 
element found all over Europe, signifying a high hill. 
K. J. Payne. 
(To be continued.) 
Reason mv Antmats.—Schiller puts the following into the 
_ mouth of a Swiss peasant, in the play of Wilhelm Tell :— 
And brutes have reason, too; 
We know that well, who rise to hunt the chamois ; 
The cunning creatures, when they go to feed, 
Put some one up on guard, who cocks his ear 
And pipes a warning when the sportsmen near, 
HE, J. P. 
