RAVEN. 227 



MRS. F. 



Yes; and Hengist also> both names signifying a horse in 

 the Anglo-Saxon language. Indeed all the names ending in 

 mar or wer, such as VValdemar, Hincmar, &c., appear to be 

 derived from some names of horses. 



ESTHER. 



The Germans used to eat horse flesh. 



MRS. P. 



Yes, and esteemed it one of their favorite 'dishes. St. 

 Boniface* addressed Pope Gregory III, to know what course 

 he should pursue, and the Pope desired him to prohibit it; but 

 it was not easy to make the Germans listen to this prohibition, 

 and it required fresh injunctions from the succeeding Pope to 

 induce them to discontinue this repast, it being accompanied 

 by a similar prohibition with respect to hares, beavers, storks, 

 and crows, which were all eaten by the Germans, f But we 

 are digressing very far from our subject; now, who will tell 

 us the Danish standard? 



MARY. 

 The Raven. 



ESTHER. 



Yes; during the reign of Alfred, when the Saxons defeated 

 the Danish fleet, which, under Hubba, had blockaded them 

 in the castle of Kynwith, in Devonshire, and Hubba himself 

 was slain, they obtained, in addition to an immense booty, 

 the famous magical standard of the Rea/en, the loss of which 



* St. Boniface (better known as St. Winifred), a native of Devon- 

 shire, and the apostle of the Germans. In 71 6 he gained permission 

 of the Pope to preach the gospel in Germany, of which country he 

 was made primate, and he afterwards converted Pepin. To him, 

 the Germans are under the greatest obligations. He preached Chris- 

 tianity amongthem, procured them teachers in religion and in science, 

 abolished the use of horse flesh, and did not shrink from laying down 

 his life in the cause, being massacred in 755. 



t Schmidt, Histoire des Allemands, Vol. i. 



