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 * Song,' pp. 271-3; 'Nature and Fortune,'

pp. 281-2 ; ' The Exception,' p. 283 ; ' To the Earl of Chesterfield,' p. 284 ; 'A Cha- racter of Mr. Pope's Writings,' pp. 339-45. W. P. COURTNEY. (To be continued.)

my notes (ante, p. 185) on place-names in these charters.
 * CARTULARITJM SAXONICUM.' I continue

181. Toccan sceaga is probably near Toccanham (Tockenham, Wilts).

187. Onnanford, ? Andoversford, Glouc. (cf. 283, 299).

213. Hehham, ? Higham in Patrixbourne.

227. Bromgeheg=Bromehey, in Frinds- bury.

246. Clife, ? Bishop's Cleeve.

272. Westbyrig = Westbury - on - Trym, Glouc.

323, 348. Cingesculand. This is literally the King's Gowland, and the charter relates to the royal demesnes near Faversham. Beuuestanuudan = Westwood in Preston. Graf oneah = Graveney.

367. Coppanstan, ? Coppins in Leigh ; Oretaniarse, ? Greatness.

390. ^Eweltune, ? Alton Priors, Wilts.

403. Senglesham, ? Finglesham, in Bishops- bourne.

419. Eastrestadelham, ? Elham.

EDWARD SMITH.

I venture to think that notes about place- names in this work will be of very little use, ainless Kemble's ' Index ' be examined at the same time.

The very first note tells us that Pecgan- ham is Pagham, without telling us where Pagham is situate. But Kemble, in 1848, nearly sixty years ago, stated that Pecgan- ham means " Pagham, Sussex," which is much more helpful.

When Birch's book appeared, there was a promise of an index. After a considerable time this index appeared ; and, behold ! it contains only the names of the persons mentioned, thus largely repeating the con- tents of Searle's ' Onomasticum Anglo- Saxonicum.' There is no mention of place- names, the expectation of which induced me to subscribe for the promised index : truly, a hard case for the unfortunate subscriber.

Any one who complains will probably be told that we already have Kemble's 4 Index of Place-Names,' occupying more than 100 pages in double columns. But, .as Birch claims to have inserted several jnew pieces, this is obviously incomplete ;

and now we have a correspondent who ignores Kemble's list altogether.

If any one wishes to do his country a service, he will be well employed in making a complete index to all the place-names in Birch's ' Cartularium,' at the same time collating it with Kemble's ' Index,' which contains some errors. A second index might usefully be added, to contain the place-names that occur in Kemble, but not in Birch.

WALTER W. SKEAT.

GLENCOE MASSACRE. (See 2 S. i. 32.) The Daily Graphic of 28 January last con- tained a facsimile of the order for the massacre of Glencoe, 1692, and on 16 Feb- ruary it was pointed out that a copy of the warrant published in 1711 differs in several respects from the document now put forward, one material difference being that the 1711 copy reads, " This you are to put in execu- tion at five o'clock in the morning precisely ' ' ; whereas the present facsimile has "five o'clock precisely," morning being omitted. At the above reference in ' N. & Q.,' the order is given also without the words " in the morning " ; but I find another variation in the notes to Talfourd's ' Glencoe ; or, the Fate of the Macdonalds,' wherein it is stated, " This you are to put in execution at four in the morning, precisely " ; and further on, "If I do not come to ycu at four." R. J. FYNMORE.

Sandgate.

" CUBBARDY." This is a word which is used to denote anything old, fusty, musty, or rusty, bearing the smell of long-keeping. Articles of food kept in a cupboard or pantry till they are stale, though not past use ; are " cubbardy." It is an expressive bit of folk-speech, and covers a good deal of ground and many subjects. I have known it all my life, but only occasionally hear it used now. THOS. RATCLIFFE.

Worksop.

["Cupboardy" is recorded in the 'N.E.D.' as a nonce-word, with a quotation from Miss Braddon.]

NOTICES IN THE UNITED STATES. These are often so curt and blunt that perhaps a few I jotted down on the spot, during a visit last autumn, may be worth preserving in the columns of ' N. & Q.' Here they are :

' ' Keep off the grass. " Castle Gardens, New York . "Boys and girls forbidden 011 these premises/' New York. "Hands off." Railway gate, New Jersey. "Walk your horses." Brooklyn Bridge. "No pedlars allowed in this doorway." Jersey City. "Dp not harm the trees or shrubs." Goat Island, Niagara. "Don't hitch to the trees." Mercer City, Pa. "Passengers, show your tickets."