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in the north of Japan, a list of them, which is here submitted to the criticism of philo- logists, with that of Mr. Batchelor himself, as he is the chief authority on Ainpo lore. He hopes to publish an enlarged edition of his dictionary and grammar of the language of those savages, who differ in all other respects, as much as is possible, from the ffeuskaldunak, or Basks. I give in each case the Ainoo word first, followed by the Baskish.

Aashi, to be shut. Echi, in composition ashi, e.g., ar-a.?/4i=stone-enclosure.

Aba, relation. Aha, tribe, clan, family (abo= father in the Daffla language of Assam).

Au, branches of horns or trees. Abar.

Chiri, bird. Chori (said to be Japanese also), sometimes written ttori.

Chisel, house. Eche, echi.

Epa, to fulfil time. Epe, delay, space of time (qy. Latin spe, through (e)spe, then epe ?).

Eren, three persons. Eren, heren, third (cf. Armenian eresun = ZO).

Heashi, the beginning. Hatse, haste, begin- ning ; hashi, hasi, begun.

Heise, the breath. Haise, wind ; cf. ai'e/zos, animus, aninia.

Huibe, the inside fat of animals. Koipe.

Oiki, to touch. Hunki.

On, ripe. On, good; ondu, onthu, goodened, ripe (of fruit).

Sak, without. Zaka, saka (in Biscayan). Qy. Irish seek ?

Shi, to shut. Echi (whence house = Keltic chin, originally enclosed, fortress).

Shiri, earth, land. Hiri, town.

Mr. Batchelor's reply was as follows :

Glencoe, Church Street,

Uckfield, Sussex, April 21st, 1901. DEAR. SIR, Many thanks for your letter dated 5th April, and also for the list of Bask words here- with returned. The words you have chosen are certainly very like Ainu ; indeed, were there many more such close resemblances, I should probably call it a dialect of Ainu. But, of course, with a few examples I should not dream of going so far as that. My new Dictionary, which I have in MS., is somewhat large, and has at least 10,000 words in it. I would print it if I could, but cannot afford the expense. Should I manage, however, to get it printed later on, I am sure philologists would then be able to speak with assurance as to the affinity between Ainu and Bask, if there is any. As regards the venomus spider in China, I too have heard that there is one, but as to its name I cannot speak. Yours very truly, JOHN BATCHELOK.

Let us hope that some society, or some wealthy friend of learning and of missionary civilization, will find the funds for publishing Mr. Batchelor's laborious work before he dies. I had told him that there is in Xe\v Zealand a venomous spider called tatipo by the Maoris, and that there is said to be another

in China bearing the same name in Chinese. Is that a fact 1

The Religious Tract Society, 4, Bouverie Street, E.C., has lately published ' The Ainu and their Folk-lore.' E. S. DODGSON.

BIBLIOGRAPHY OF EASTER. (Continued from 9 tb S. vii. 264.)

Certaine Queries proposed by the King to the Lords and Commons attending his Majesty at Holdenby, Aprill 23, 1647, touching the celebration of the Easter Feast. Pp. 6, 1647.

Loredano (G. F.). The Eucharist at Easter, 1657, Psalms cxvi., xxvii., xxxiii., folio, 1681.

Dominici Quartaironij Responsiones ad nonnullas- Assertiones pro ReformationeKalendarij Gregorian! de Paschate Anni 1700, fol. (see Hearne's ' Collec- tanea, 1 i. 21, O.H.S.).

Watts, Mr., of St. John's Coll. The Rule for finding Easter in the Book of Common Prayer, Lond. 1712 (Hearne's 'Collectanea,' iii. 482).

W. C. B.

EASTER SEPULCHRE. In 1440 a testator to be kept for ever by the keepers of the fabric of the chapel of B.V.M. in Kingston- upon-Hull, as an ornament to the Lord's sepulchre at the feast of Easter (' Test. Ebor./ ii. 77, Surtees Soc.).
 * leaves a gold cloth with a black foundation,

At Newark, 1500, at the time of Easter the sepulchre of Jesus Christ was usually set up between two pillars next to the altar in the north part of the choir (' Test. Ebor.,' iv. 179).

1509, at Batley, "to on vyse makyng on Estur daie in the mornyng to the sepulcre, iij" iiij' 1 " (' Test. Ebor.,' v. 11).

In 1526 a widow leaves to St. Mary's Church, Beverley, her best oversea bed called the Baptist as an ornament to the sepulchre of our Saviour Christ Jesus at the feast of Easter ('Test. Ebor.,' v. 224).

There was a sepulchre in the chapel of St. Clement in Pontefract Castle, for which the king allowed six shillings yearly for wax and other things ('Chantry Surveys,' ii. 324, Surtees Soc.).

See other references in ' Durham Account Rolls,' iii. 963; 'Rites of Durham,' 204, 346 (Surt. Soc., vol. cvii.).

There was a movable "resurrection" afc Sheffield, for the setting up and mending of which payments were made in 1558 (J. D. Leader, 'Cutlers' Company's Accounts,' p. 16).

Other instances in 'Notices of Henry, Lord Percy,' by R. Simpson, 1882, pp. 80, 81 ; and in the Treasury, September, 1903, with illus- trations. W. C. B.

KOREAN AND MANCHURIAN NAMES. Many readers of these columns must have wondered whence comes theodd-looking name Quelpaert Island. It is from an old Dutch word mean-