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at the Court of Lhasa. There are two, the senior Amban and the junior Amban.

Another Tibetan title which has recentl found its way into our journals is Shape (two syllables). Yutok Shape was given as the name of one of the Tibetan peace delegates. Sha-pe, literally " lotos - foot,' means a Privy Councillor, one of the five who advise the Tibetan Regent in state affairs. See Sand berg's 'Manual of Colloquia Tibetan,' 1894. JAS. PLATT, Jun.

LAMONT HARP (10 th S. i. 329 ; ii. 71). The purchaser of the Lamont Harp is a distin- guished Edinburgh antiquary, Mr. W. Moir Bryce, and the price it fetched in the auction- room was 525. I hope many of the readers of 'N. & Q.'^took the opportunity of seeing this unique instrument while it was on view at the recent Loan Exhibition held by the Musicians' Company at the Fishmongers Hall. The harp is now in the best of hands.

A. F. H.

THE WHITE COMPANY: "NAKER" (10 th S. ii. 68). So much depends upon the point of view. After the battle of Poitiers multitudes of disbanded soldiers formed themselves into "companies," living by the open plunder of those who were not strong enough to defend themselves. The state of " our sweet enemy France" might have made even Edward, ''with the lilies on his brow," pitiful. The great condottiere Sir John Hawkwood, called in Italy " Giovanni Aguto," was, after the peace of Bretigni in 1360, elected captain of the White or English Company, so called from their white flags, white surcoats, and glittering arms. The soldiers, of whatever nationality, who had fought under the Eng- lish flag were known thereafter as "Inglesi." In one point, it is said, they were less brutal than the other nationalities, for they did not roast or mutilate their victims.

An amusing criticism of Sir A. Conan -Doyle's novel will be found in the Ancestor, vol. iii. p. 177, under the heading Antiquary and Novelist,' by the editor, Mr. Oswald Barron. Sir A. Conan Doyle's reply appeared in vol. iv. p. 251. A. R. BAYLEY.

Halliwell in his ' Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words,' defines "naker" to be a m ?iT 0f drum -" A kettle-drum, accord- ing to War-ton, i. 169; "pipes, trompes, and nakers, Mmot, p. 63. Ducange describes it to have been a kind of brazen drum used in the cavalry, and Maundevile, p. 281, mentions it as a high-sounding instrument : With trumpis and with nakerere, And with the schalmous fulle olere.

MS. Lincoln A. i.

The following extract is taken from c A Dictionary of Names, Nicknames, and Sur- names,' by Edward Latham, recently pub- lished :

"La Compagnie Blanche. A band of assassins organized in Toulouse in the thirteenth century by 'the ferocious Folquet,' Bishop of Toulouse. This company joined the army of Simon de Montfort when he besieged Toulouse. The name was also assumed by a band of freebooters (the ' Grand Com- panies '), led by Bertrand du Guesclin in 1366, from the white cross which each wore on his shoulder. He was ransomed from English captivity for the purpose of ridding France of these adven- turers, and, placing himself at their head, he led them out of the country into Spain."

EVERARD HOME COLEMAN. 71, Brecknock Road.

"SuN AND ANCHOR" INN (10 th S. i. 504; ii. 92). I am grateful to MR. MACMICHAEL for his reply. Scotter Eau (or, as it was formerly spelt, Ea and Hay) is but a beck, as we call small streams. It can certainly never in historic times have been used as an anchorage. In very dry summers it has been known to- become quite dry. There are now two bridges at Scotter, but they have both been built during the Victorian time. At an earlier date there were fords only. I am glad to know of the London " Sun and Anchor." Perhaps some readers of ' N. & Q.' can tell me how it came by its name.

EDWARD PEACOCK.

Kirton-in-Lindsey.

VACCINATION AND INOCULATION (10 th S. ii. 27). A propos of the barbarous method of inoculating persons with the smallpox virus much in vogue during the latter half of the* ighteenth century, the following advertise- ment may prove of interest :

Inoculation by Robert Goodman, of Guilsborough, at a Lodge, in the Parish of Guilsborough, at Two jruineas each Patient, for a fortnight, with all Necessaries (Wine excepted).

All that please for to put themselves under my Care* Vtay depend on good Usage and good proper Fare ; ?or twenty odd Years, this my Business I've made, Ancl am thought, by much People, to well know my

Trade :

["hen be not in Doubt, but with Speed to me come- dy the Blessing of God, I can send you safe Home.

This advertisement dates from the year 790. The village of Guilsborough is situated about three miles from here, in the county of Northampton.

Were patients ever inoculated at their own lomes 1 or was it always the custom to enter nto residence for treatment in the manner indicated in the advertisement I have quoted T Since writing the above I have come across the following reference to inoculation. On the south wall of the chancel of St. Andrew's