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will show that our old friend the Yang-tze- kiang which at school we called the " Yankee Kiang " is now written Yang- tze-chiang. There are numerous examples of this new orthography in ' Chambers' s Encyclopaedia. '

The other peculiarity to which I would draw attention is one which I have often observed in listening to Chinese conversa- tion. It is that in many words the sharp consonants sound as if they were flats. The German possession of Kiao-chau is called " Geow-jo," the k softening into g, and the ch into /. Shan-tung, noted for its silks, is known as " Shan-doong." The notorious Ta-lien-wan, which played a leading part in the war, is sounded Kke the two English words " darlin' one " which no doubt explains why the Russians christened it Dalny. JAS. PLATT, Jun.

" FESSE " : " MINIVER." On 15 Oct., 1340, John, the abbot, and the convent of Glastonbury, granted to Lucy, widow of Roger de Estrete,

" redditus vnius robe annuatim percipiende apud Glastoniam de secta clericorum nostrorum videlicet octo uirgas panni cum pellura de stradling' in capucio de Minuto uero de quatuor fessis,"

or, in default, two marks (MS. Wood, empt. 1, If. 142). Q. V.

" WHITE EYES," mentioned by H. H. at 7 S. xii. 147, was Koquethagechton, a chief of the Lenape, or Delawares. He and Killbuck were the only chiefs of the western tribes to take the side of the colonists in the war. In 1778 he joined the American force at Fort Mclntosh, and died there soon after ; so he could not have opposed the treaty of peace in 1780, as stated in 'N. & Q.' See ' Pennsylvania Archives,' vol. vi. ; Burton's ' Lenape ' ; Butterfield's ' History of the Girtys.' O. H. DARLINGTON.

Pittsburg, Pa.

NICHOLAS AS A FEMININE NAME. In The Daily Telegraph on Thursday, 17 Decem- ber, there was recorded among the deaths as follows :

"Milner. On the loth inst., at 56, Dartmouth Road, Cricklewood, N.W., of heart failure, Nicholas, widow of the late Joshua Milner, wool merchant, Bradford, Yorks, aged 80. Funeral will leave Midland Station, Bradford, at eleven o'clock, Fri- day, for Undercliffe Cemetery."

The name of Nicholas for a woman is pro- bably uncommon.

W. E. HARLAND-OXLEY.

Westminster.

WE must request correspondents desiring in- formation on family matters of only private interest to affix their names and addresses to their queries, in order that answers may be sent to them direct.

WONDERS OF THE WORLD. In Cosin's Library, MS. V.v. 4 (c. 1340), ff. 221 v. to 225 v., are two lists of wonders, one including fifteen, and the other thirty-three. The first set begins with Loch Lomond, in which are 60 islands, 50 of which are inhabited ; 60 rocks all round, and an eagle's nest on each rock ; 60 rivers flow into it, and only one goes to the sea it is called Levin. The second wonder is the tidal wave on the Shannon, the third a hot-water lake, the fourth a salt spring, and so on to the fifteenth, which is a mountain with a sepulchre on the top. The second set begins with, 1, Cheder- hole ; 2, Rolendriht ; 3, the White Horse ; 4, " Career Coli," and so on ; the 33rd, " Stan henge."

These lists are very curious, and would be worth printing if unknown. Can any one refer me to similar lists in printed books?

J. T. F.

Durham.

EASTRY, KENT. What is the meaning of this name ? In 788 it appears as Eastrgena, (Kemble's ' Codex Diplomaticus,' 153, Latin charter) ; in c. 805 as Eastorege (' Cod. Dip.,' 191, Old English) ; in 811 as Easterege (2), Eosterge (3), and Eostorege (' Cod Dip.,' 195, Latin); in 805-31 as Eastrege ('Cod. Dip.,' 225, Latin) ; in 1006 as Eastrige ('Cod. Dip.,' 715, Old English); c. 1066, Eastryge (' Cod. Dip.,' 896, Old English) ; and in Domesday Book as Estrei. It is believed, locally, that the place is named after Eastre, the Saxon Goddess of Spring, and that a temple to her formerly existed there ; but I am not aware of any " evi- dence " as to the temple. It would be inter- esting to know if her name survives as a place-name as well as in our great spring festival of Easter. Cf. Eastrea, 2 miles north of Whittlesey (Prof. Skeat's ' Place- Names of Cambridgeshire,' 53).

W. H. DUIGXAN.

Walsall.

" EASING." In a valuable book on ' The Early Iron Industry of Furness,' by A. Fell, which has been issued (December last) to subscribers only, and will therefore not be so widely known as it should be, I find, in an indenture dated 12 May, 36 Hen. VIII. (1546), " Licence to make a little house and hearth