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the Seasalter shore was the Snowte, belong ing to Favershara Abbey, which grante leases for weirs at the Snowte. What is th origin or meaning of this word "Snowte"?

For a fishery the word used is voraguie (o should it be read voragine ?). Sometimes sue" are ordered to be sold. Does this word mean a fishing- boat with all the fishing gear, or place to fish off a certain part of the shor with licence from the lord of the manor ?

Nets for "molletts" (mullets) and sag-net are mentioned once in these wills.

ARTHUR HDSSEY.

Tankerton-on-Sea, Ken*.

TORPEDOES, SUBMARINES, AND RIFLEE CANNON. A hundred years ago Britain wa daily expecting the armada of Napoleon Were the above weapons really imaginec by that demonic genius ? or are tlie following lines one of the many instances of th piercing insight of the poet t

He has shown off his tricks in France, Italy, Spain And Germany, too, knows his legerdemain ; So, hearing John Bull has a taste for strange sights He is coming to London to put us to rights.

To encourage his puppets to venture this trip, He has built them such boats as can conquer a ship With a gun of good metal that shoots out so far, It can silence the broadsides of three men-of-war.

This new Katterfelto, his show to complete, Means his boats should all sink as they pass by our

fleet ; Then, as under the ocean their course they steer

right on, They can pepper their foes from the bed of old

Triton.

If this project should fail, he has others in store Wooden horses, for instance, may bring them safe

o'er,

Or the Genius of France, as the Moniteur tells, May order balloons or provide diving-bells.

The verses are from Henry Kirke White's ' Poetical Works ' (London, Pickering, 1840), p. 221, 'The Wonderful Juggler.'

The poet treats the armada with derisive and patriotic scorn, and " vante sa patrie," as all good poets should ; but there are indica- tions in every line that he appreciated the magnitude of Napoleon in 1804 : This juggler is little and ugly and black ; Like Atlas, he stalks with the world on his back.

Kirke White should be better known. He is the author of one of the most powerful hymns in the language, ' The Star of Beth- lehem.' Perhaps this reminder may induce some of your readers to look him up.

T. B. WILMSHURST.

Molyneux Park, Tunbridge Wells.

BAPTIST CONFESSION OF FAITH, 1660. I shall feel obliged if any of your correspon-

dents can supply me with the full text of the above ancient and interesting document presented to Charles II., or say in what works and libraries it may be found ; and also if the original now exists, and where it can be seen. B. BRADLEY.

4, Maywood Avenue, Fishponds, Bristol.

." The Rev. W. B. Gregg was lately inducted to Riseley Vicarage, Beds, amongst those present on the occasion being Lord St. John (patron of the living and ^lian). My authority is The Beds Standard of 10 June, 1904. I have been puzzling my brains as to the meaning of JElian. Can any one tell me ? M.A.OxoN.

FIREARMS IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY. Can anything be gathered as to the social standing 'or wealth of a yeoman in the seventeenth century from his possession of firearms 1 E. S. R

" ABRAHAM NEWLAND, LONDON." This name and place are engraved on the inside part of a watch. Is this watchmaker known ? Was he any relation of the person of the same name whose signature used to appear on Bank of England notes ? To quote an old song :

Sham Abraham you may, But you must not sham Abraham Newland.

W. H. PATTERSON. Belfast.

' THE PHENIX,' 1707. Can any one tell me f " The Phenix | or, a [ Revival | of | Scarce and Valuable Pieces | London M.DCC.YII." is n it the following, under Sir Philip Sydney, which seems to be wrong somewhere :
 * o be relied on for its historical facts ? I find

" He marry'd the Daughter and sole Heir of Sir Brands Walsinyham, then Secretary of State ; a Jady destinated to the Bed of Honour, who (after iis deplorable Death at Zutphen in the Netherlands, vhere he was Governour of Flushing, and at the ime of his Uncle's being there) was marry'd to my ^ord of Essex, and since his death to my Lord of y t. Albans, all persons of the Sword," &c.

W. H. M.-G.

VERSE ON A COOK. Will any of your saders inform me where I can find these nes?

That cook (I could scold her)

Grows worse as she's older;

I wonder who told her

That woodcocks were drawn.

Are they by any well-known author ?

J. C. S.

GLADSTONE AS PLAYWRIGHT. In The fanchester Courier of 20 April, 1901, under heading 'A Play by Kipling,' occurred