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Its vast increase therefore is entirely dneto division; every 
fragment grows. 
WOLMER. — Mr. Harting remarks in liis edition of White : — 
" The name Wohner is doubtless a corruption of Wolf mere or 
Wolvemere ; and it is not a little remarkable that the three 
great meres of that district, Hogmer, Cranmer, and Wolmer, 
were named after wild animals which are now all extinct 
in Britain — viz., the hog or wild boar, the crane, and the wolf." 
The existence of wolves in England is testified by the 
story of Little Eed Hiding Hood." C. T. W. writes : — 
" Can anyone inform me if the famous wolf, the last of its 
race in Britain, which was killed by Sir Evan Cameron, in 
1680, and which was prepared as a stuffed specimen, is still 
extant and in good preservation ? I find that in a catalogue of 
Mr. Donovan's sale of the London Museum, by Mr. King, April, 
1818, one article is (in p. 53, lot 832) a 'wolf, a noble animal, 
in a large glass case : the last wolf killed in Scotland by Sir E. 
Cameron,' Where can it be now ? " Li Ireland, parish registers 
of the destruction of wolves come down to last century. 
Coins and Antiquities, p. 24. — At Barnstaple, in the autumn 
of 1874, I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Townshend M. Hall, 
F.G.S,, author of many valuable pamphlets on the geology and 
antiquities of Barnstaple and its neighbourhood. Mr. Hall's 
father is rector of the church at Pilton, close to Barnstaple. 
The Priory of Pilton was one of the most important, as well 
as one of the most ancient ecclesiastical establishments in 
the neighbourhood of Barnstaple. It was founded by King 
Athelstan, who died a.d. 940, and an impression of the official 
seal of the priory is still in existence. The inscription on the 
seal reads as follow : — 
HOC. ATHELSTANUS — AGO. QUOD. PRESENS. SIGNAT. IMAGO. 
A few years ago a very interesting and valuable ring was dug 
up in Pilton Churchyard (it is now in the possession of Mr. 
J. E. Chanter). Mr. Hall kindly showed me a drawing of it. 
It measures one inch and an eighth across. The gold portion of 
it contains a large sapphire, and around the sapphire on each 
side there is an inscription, A rivet of gold passes through the 
sapphire. The inscription on one side is written in Hebrew, 
and reads thus : — 
IMMANUEL JEHI JESU JEHOVAH ELOHIM EL, 
which should thus be translated : — May Jesus Immanuel, 
Jehovah, God, be with us." 
