May 11. 1850.] 
NOTES AND QUERIES. 
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in an article upon “Primeval Britain” in the 
West Kent Almanack for 1849. Hasted mentions 
similar pits in Crayford Parish, Kent. In Dart- 
ford parish is another called “the Sound Hole,” 
from the echoes, &c., made upon a stone being 
thrown down. Mr. 8S. Laudale intends an exami- 
nation of it thissummer. Tradition reports that 
there are three enormous caverns, which com- 
municate with the central shaft. 
How, or what, is the best way of driving the 
foul air out of those chambers which are aloof 
from the central shaft ? A. 
. Haigh’s Letter-Book. —A few days ago, 
Messrs. Puttick and Simpson sold a very impor- 
tant manuscript, the original letter-book of Sir R. 
Haigh, of Lancashire, of the time of Charles II. 
It fetched 51/., being bought by a collector 
whose name has not transpired; but perhaps this 
notice, if you kindly insert it, may induce the 
purchaser to edit it for the Chetham Society, to 
whose publications it would form a most valuable 
addition. R. 
A Phonetic Peculiarity.—I venture to note as a 
very curious phonetic peculiarity, that we have 
in the English language a large number of mono- 
syllabic words ending in sh, all of which are ex- 
pressive of some violent action or emotion. I 
quote a few which have occurred without search, 
in alphabetical order. “ Brush, brash, crash, 
crush, dash, gash, gush, hash, gnash, lash, mash, 
pash, push, quash, rush, slash, smash, squash, 
thrash.” . M. B. 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
NOTES ON BOOKS, CATALOGUES, SALES, ETC. 
At the late Annual Meeting of the Shakspeare 
Society it was announced that a complete collec- 
tion of the works of Thomas Heywood had been 
determined upon, and the first volume containing 
six plays was laid upon the table. It was also 
shown that Mr. Collier’s Essay on the Chandos 
Portrait had only been delayed from a desire to 
obtain the most novel and accurate information. 
The members of the Percy Society will be glad 
to hear, that at the Annual Meeting on the Ist 
instant, the immediate publication of the third 
volume of Mr. Wright’s edition of the Canterbury 
Tales was announced. 
The plan for the restoration of Chaucer's tomb 
in Poet's Corner has at length assumed a practical 
shape. It has been ascertained that less than 
100/. will do every thing that can be desired to 
repair the ravages of time, and preserve the monu- 
ment for centuries to come. It is proposed to 
raise this sum by subscriptions of five shillings, 
that more may share in the good work; and a 
committee has been formed to carry out this 
scheme, which has already received the sanction 
of the Earl of Carlisle, the Earl of Ellesmere, 
Lord Braybrooke, Mr. Charles Wynn, and other 
distinguished lovers of literature. Subscriptions 
are received by every member of the committee, 
and parties resident in the country may remit 
them by post-office orders’ payable at Charing 
Cross in favour of William Richard Drake, Esq., 
F.S. A., of 46. Parliament Street, the Honorary 
Treasurer; or of William J. Thoms, Esq., the 
Honorary Secretary of the Committee. 
The Annual Meeting of the Camden Society on 
the 2d instant, under the Presidentship of Lord 
Braybrooke, gave general satisfaction. The coun- 
cil reported the publication during the past year 
of the Peterborough Chronicle; the Letters of 
Elizabeth and James VI.; and the Chronicle of 
Queen Jane. This last volume was then only on 
the eve of circulation; it has since been issued, 
and found to justify the announcement of the 
council that it is a work of great historical value, 
and an interesting companion to Machyn’s Diary. 
We have received the following Catalogues :— 
James Darling’s (21. Little Queen Street, Lin- 
coln’s Inn Fields) Catalocue of Books Old and 
New, Theological and Miscellaneous, and Andrew 
Clark’s (4. City Road) Catalogue, No. 8., of Books 
in English and Foreign Theology, Literature, 
Roman Catholic Controversy, Classics, &c. 
BOOKS AND ODD VOLUMES 
WANTED TO PURCHASE. 
(In continuation of Lists in former Nos.) 
Tue ANTI-JacoBiNn. 
Roccna DE CaMPanis. 
Odd Volumes. 
The Spirit oF THE PusLic JourNALs, Vol. I. 1797. 
CALENDAR OF HarLeIAN MSS., Vol. IV. 
NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
Cometetion or our Firsr Votume. — Two more 
numbers will complete our First Volume, to which a very 
full Index is preparing. A Second Volume, of the same 
size, will be completed at the end of December, and we 
shall then be enabled to judge how far it will be desirable 
to adopt the system of Half- Yearly or Yearly volumes. 
Our readers will find the present and two following 
Numbers principally occupied with Reruirs, as it is 
obviously desirable that they should, as far as possible, 
appear in the same volume as the Queries to which they 
refer. 
Corrar or SS. This subject shall be brought forward 
early in the next volume. 
E. S. T. Thanks, The Query and Folk Lore shall 
appear as soon as possible, 
W.M.'T. is also thanked. It can’scarcely be neces- 
sary to assure him, that had we known what he has so 
hindly informed us, the article he alludes to would not have 
been inserted ; nay, we are sure we may add, that the 
friend who sent it would never have handed it to us for 
publication. 
