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NOTES TO THE 



On the other side of the ring there is also an inscription, 

 which reads as follows : 



NOBISCUM SIT IHESU ADONAI. 



That is, " Lord Jesus, be with us." This ring was pronounced 

 by the authorities of the British Museum as dating between 1100 

 and 1130, or over 700 years ago, and it probably belonged to 

 one of the abbots of Pilton. Returning from Barnstaple, I 

 showed the drawing in my note-book and the inscription to a 

 clergyman who happened to be in the carriage. He, by a curi- 

 ous coincidence, was a Hebrew scholar, and informed me that 

 the word " Jehovah" is considered so sacred that it is never pro- 

 nounced by the Jews ; and that a learned scholar interested in 

 the study of phonetic writing, had ascertained that in this word 

 existed all the sounds which can be made by the human voice 

 as representing language. The word Adouai is used by the 



Jews for Jehovah. Wherever we see the word 

 Bible, the Jews read it Adonai. 



Lord" in o\u 



CAPTAIN BALVINS WILD BOAR. 



WILD BOAE, p. 26. Gilbert White, if living, would be very 

 much interested at seeing the wild boar, now residing not far 

 from Selborne. It is the property of my friend, Captain Salvin of 



