Aug. 10. 1850.] 



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175 



This, I conceive, it eftects in the following man- 

 ner. It contains, when inserted, a considerable 

 quantity of cold air. Tills expands as the pie is 

 heated in the oven, until it drives out from under 

 the cup all, or nearly all, of the fluid that has 

 originally collected under it ; .and then, continuing 

 to expand, much of the air escapes through the 

 air-holes of the pie into the oven. As the pie 

 cools, the portion of air remaining under the cup, 

 and which, while heated, was sufficient to fill it, 

 contracts; and then the pressure of the external 

 atmosphere, entering through the air-holes of the 

 pie, and acting upon the surlUce of the juice round 

 about the cup, forces a portion of it into the cup, 

 just on the same principle that water rises into the 

 chamber or cylinder of a pump when a partial 

 vacuum is formed in it. Having once risen into 

 the cup, the same Law of hydrostatic pressure 

 keeps it there until the cup is raised sufficiently 

 to .admit air under its edge, when the juice of 

 course escapes. J. T. S. 



Curfew (Vol. ii., p. 103.). — Your correspond- 

 ent Naboc will find the information he seeks 

 upon this subject in a valuable communication to 

 the Journal of the British Archceological Associa- 

 tion, vol. iv. p. 133., by Mr. Syer Cuming. To 

 Air. C.'s list may be added. Charter House, Lon- 

 don ; Newport, S. W. ; and Lowestol't, Suffolk. 



E. B. Price. 



Derivation of Totnes. — From the Anglo-Saxon 

 toten or totien, to project, to rise .above, and 7iess or 

 7ies, nose, (French nez, German 7iase, Latin nasus}. 

 Tooling, Tottenham, &c. B. Ii. K. 



Dogs in Monuments. — S. S. S. (Vol. i., p. 405.) 

 is informed that a dog, at the feet of monumental 

 effigies of females, is as common as a lion accom- 

 panying male figures. It is most probable that 

 the dog was meant to represent allection, fidelity, 

 &c., just as the lion signified courage, generosity, 

 &c. There are, however, some instances (Deer- 

 hurst, Gloucestershire, Ingham, Norfolk) where 

 the dog's name is inscribed ; and then it was doubt- 

 less the intention to give a favourite pet the honour 

 of a monument, that of itself, as well as of its 

 mistress, should " witness live in br;xss." 



T. S. Lawrence. 



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It is long since tin; students of English Archaiology 

 received a more welcome or valuable addition to their 

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I'ray Kenieniber the Grotto. Several Correspondetits 

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