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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. Keturning 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 coiocidence, 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 Adonai is used by the 
Jews for Jehovah. Wherever we see the word "Lord" in our 
Bible, the Jews read it Adonai. 
CAPTAIN' SALVIN'S WILD EOAR. 
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 
