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distilled from roses, or impregnated with essence of roses, and used as a perfume, etc." ; but only the water distilled from roses is recognized in the ' British Pharmacopoeia,' and to describe it as a "perfume, etc.," is curiously inadequate, and, in fact, mis- leading. Being an entirely aqueous pre- paration, it is hardly used at all in perfumery, although its fragrance makes it a grateful vehicle in eye-washes and other lotions.

C. C. B.

"SPECULATIVE GLASSES." In a very imperfect volume of Wardrobe Accounts, chiefly of the time of Henry VIII., there is an entry of the purchase, during the fourteenth year of his reign, of " speculative glasses, 2 ll (L. C., II. 309, Record Office). There is no clus to what is exactly meant.

C. C. S.

DB. WILLIAM HARVEY, 1630-33. Among the Royal Warrants, 1628-34, p. 236, is -a warrant to swear " Mr. Dr. William Harvey Phisition for his Majesty j s Household, in

fe place of Dr. Leonard Poe, deceased, n 2 March, 1630 (L. C., V. 93). At p. 354 is a warrant for payment of 51. unto Dr. Harvey " for 5 weeks* lodging at Newmarket, 1632, n 21 March, 1633.

In the same volume is " Another for 201. for his lodging in Scotland Progresse. Signed same day. ?J C. C. S.

" PUNJAUB OB BUBMAH HEAD." - This

term is not given in ' Hobson- Jobson ? or the Anglo -Indian glossaries. It is used to denote the various kinds of amnesia or loss of memory that Europeans often suffer from in the tropics ; and it is named after Punjab or Burma because the largest number of cases occur in those districts. These cases of amnesia are " cerebral symp- toms of tropical neurasthenia," and a return to cold climates often leads to recovery. Bald men are said to suffer more than those who are protected from the sun's rays by hair (Woodruff, 'Tropical Light,* p. 197).

V. CHATTOPlDHYlYA.

MAKING ONE'S PABISH. In ' A Drawer full of Memories, 1 published in The Banner of Faith for February, an old Devonshire woman, speaking of her early years, is made to say :

" In they days a man's parish was where he served out the last forty days of his 'prenticeship, and John he was going back to Drayford to make his parish, as they called it." P. 47.

This is new to me, and perhaps it may be so to some others too, ST. SWITHIN.

(SJwrus.

WE must request corresp9ndents desiring in-
 * ormation on family matters of only private interest
 * o affix their names and addresses to their queries,

in order that answers may be sent to them direct.

CYPBUS EPITAPH. The epitaph which I give below is engraved in English character on the tombstone of a certain Mrs. Back

the English cemetery here. I am unable to ascertain the meaning of it, but no doubt some of the readers of ' N. & Q.' can help ne. The epitaph is as follows :

BOREN SANFT DBA TH. 26 JULY. 1899.

JOHN BUCKNILL, M.A. Nicosia, Cyprus.

H. HOVEBLOCK OB H. HOVEB LOCK. I

should like to know whether any of your readers ever came across any one bearing
 * his name, which, in either of the forms

nentioned, must, I should say, be extremely uncommon. A gentleman of this name, however, did live in London I think not very far from Sloane Street, S.W. about 1861. I fancy he was an artist by profession, but cannot be sure. T. R. W.

Karachi, Sind.

PLACE-NAMES. I should be glad to receive information as to the ancient forms of the following names of places :

1. Hulverstreet (parish of Heiistead, Suffolk).

2. Helperby (township in the parish of Brafferton, co. York).

3. Helperthorp (parish, co. York).

4. Helpringham (parish, co. Lincoln).

A. VINCENT.

Brussels.

" RASKE." The following is part of an agreement made 5 Oct., 1677, between Bozoun Allen (of Boston) and his mother-in- law Esther Howchin :

" Now these presents oblige me the sd Bozoon Allen with all convenient speed to erect a dwelli house upon some part of the sd Land, and as a further consideration to the sd Esther the use o three Roomes in the sd dwelling house when it shallbee built and to finde her with raske I fireing during the term of her naturall life. -
 * Suffolk Deeds,' xi. 276.

I have examined the original document, and have no doubt that " raske n is the correct spelling.

The following extract is taken from an u printed deposition dated 19 Feb., 1693/4

" Elizabeth Norden Aged about 60 years Test: fieth y* haueing in my youthfull time liuecl witl