June 22. 1850.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



63 



the edge of Hanging Wood, in the parish of Chadwell, 

 about three miles from Grays Pier. I descended two 

 of them in 1847, by means of a rope and pulley fixed 

 to the branch of a neighbouring tree, — taking the pre- 

 caution to have alighted lanthorn swinging a few yards 

 beneath me. They were between eighty and ninety 

 feet in depth, — their diameter at the top six feet, gra- 

 dually diminishing to three feet at the bottom. There 

 was a great deal of drift sand at the bottom of the shaft, 

 extending a considerable way up, which nearly blocked 

 up the entrance to the chambers. By treading down 

 the sand I soon gained an entrance, and found five 

 chambers communicating with the shaft — three on one 

 side and two on the other. In form they were nearly 

 semicircular. Their dimensions were small, not ex- 

 ceeding thirty feet in length by fifteen in width, but 

 very lofty ; they were quite dry and free from foul air. 

 The chambers in both shafts corresponded exactly with 

 each other in size, form, and number. I trust this 

 brief account may be of some service to those gentlemen 

 who intend to explore them, and should be most happy 

 to afford any assistance in my power." 



Mistake in Conybeare and Howsori's Life of St. 

 Paul. — In the splendid and learned Life of St. 

 Paul, now publishing by Messrs. Longmans, there 

 occurs in a note a broad assertion, but quite er- 

 roneous, which may mislead those who would be 

 inclined to take it without examination, induced 

 by the general accuracy and learning of the work. 

 At page 35, note 1., the writer says, " It is re- 

 markable that the Sadducees are mentioned in no 

 other books of the New Testament, except St. 

 Matthew and the Acts." I mentioned this as a 

 fact to a friend, who immediately remembered a 

 passage in St. Luke, chap. xx. v. 27. : " Then came 

 to hiin certain of the Sadducees," &c. I then 

 turned out Sadducees in Cruden, and there found 

 only Matthew and Acts referred to. On looking 

 at the passage of St. Mark parallel to the above- 

 mentioned of St. Luke, I read, " Then came unto 

 liini the Sadducees," &c. (xii. 18.) The note, there- 

 fore, should end, " except the first three Gospels 

 and the Acts." E. S. Jackson. 



NOTES ON BOOKS, CATALOGUES, SALES, ETC. 



JThe Rev. W. Haslam, the author of Perran Zahuhe, 

 has just issued a little volume entitled The Cross and 

 the Serpent, being a brief Ilistnry of the Triumph of the 

 Cross through a long Scries of Ages in Prophecy, Types, 

 and Fulfilments. Though the prevent work belongs to 

 one of the two classes wliicli, for obvious reasons, we do 

 not undertake to notice in our columns, there is so 

 much of curious matter illustrative of Folk Lore, early 

 remains, and old-world customs, in the third part of it, 

 as to justify our directing the attention of our anti- 

 quarian readers to tliearcliarology of the volume. The 

 Druidic Ueltcin or Midsummer Fire still burns brightly, 

 it appears, in Cornwall. We shall endeavour to transfer 



to our Folk Lore columns some passages on this and 

 other cognate subjects. 



Mr. Russell Smith announces a series of Critical and 

 Historical Tracts on the subject of, L Agincourt ; II. 

 First Colonixts of New England (this is already issued) ; 

 and III. Milton, a Sheaf of Gleanings after his Bio- 

 graphers and Annotators. The name of Joseph Hunter, 

 F. S. A., which figures upon their title-pages, is a suf- 

 ficient warrant that they will deserve the attention of 

 the historical student. 



Mr. M. A. Denham, the author of the interesting CoZ- 

 lection of Proverbs and Popular Sayi7igs relating to the 

 Seaso7ts, Weather, |fc., published by the Percy Society, 

 also intends to issue some Tracts (limited to fifty copies 

 of each) illustrative of the antiquities of the northern 

 parts of the kingdom. The first is to be on The Slo- 

 gans or Slughorns of the North of England ; the second, 

 on " Some of the Manners and Customs'' of the North. 



We have received the following Catalogues : — 

 Joseph Lilly's (7. Pall INlall) Catalogue of a Choice 

 and Valuable Collection of Rare, Curious, and Useful 

 Books; William Andrews' (7. Corn Street, Bristol) 

 Catalogue, Part IV., 1850, Books just bought from 

 the Deanery, Armagh, &c. ; and J. Russell Smith's (4. 

 Old Compton Street, Soho) Bibliotheca Historica et 

 Topographica ; Books illustrating the History, Anti- 

 quities, and Topography of Great Britain and Ireland. 



BOOKS AND ODD VOLUMES 



■WANTED TO PURCHASE. 

 (In continuation of Lists informer Nos.) 



Grey's Methoo of Learning Hebrew. 

 [The edition that contains the Historty of Joseph as a Praxis, n')< 

 *liat which rortains the Proverbs.] 

 Oakley on Our Lord's Passion. 



*3H* Letters, stating particulars and lowest price, crtrria^e frct^. 

 to he sent to Mr. Bell, Publisher of "NOTF.SAND 

 QUERIE.S," 186. Fleet Street. 



IJotitc^ ta CorrciSjiDnifcnW. 



Title and Index to VoluiME the Fihst. A Douhle 

 Number will be published next week, contai7ii)ig Title and 

 copious Index to the First Volume, price 9d., or stamped 

 to go post free, lid. 



The Monthly Part will be ready at the same time, 

 price Is. 9d., including the Title and Index. 



Delta. Tlie following appears to us the true reading 

 of the legend of the seal transmitted: — 



+ minativs. t. mrkis. vvox. ecclej-ies:sce: 



MRIE. d'. GALLATE.j 



There appears little doubt as to the last word, whatever 

 may be the locality intended. " Gallatnm " has been used 

 for " Wallop " in Hampshire, but it is doubtful if this 

 seal applies to that place. 



C. F. O. The Phigaleian Marbles are in the lirilish 

 Museum. The casts described were modelled from them 

 by an accomplished London Artist, 



Errata No. 33 , p. 39, 40., in the article Cosns <le F.spatla, 



Ttjcila sliould he 'IVjiila ; and for Carrascon, which recently had 

 been reprinted, read has. 



