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from 1753 to 1776, when that baronetcy became extinct. I am notable to conjecture T?ho was the real owner of the house in Surrey Street, Strand, of which the Rate- JBooks are said to give Sir John Danvcrs, JBart., as the owner. JOHN R. MAGRATH. Queen's College, Oxford.

" DUBBING " : " ILING " (11 S. viii. 29). A " dubbing," variously called dubbin, daubin, or dobbin. Was a structure of tempered clay, with straw 1 or other binding material. It was a common method of house or barn construction in places where stone wa-s not within easy reach. " Wattle and daub," the material used for internal partitions, was known in Lancashire as " clam-stave- ,nd-daub."

As to the second word : is it not likely that the manuscript survey was intended to read carelessly written, may be easily mistaken in this Way. Upon this supposition the last sentence quoted would read : "a barne of two bayes and two wings." " Wing "is here the equivalent of " aisle." and is probably identical with " outshot." In a survey of 1611, for instance, there is specified " One barne 2 baies, one outshut." If the surmise above be correct, .we have in "iling" another instance of a ghost-word.
 * ' Wing," not " Iling " ? The letter W ,

R. OLIVER HESLOP.

Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

"Dubbing" and " iling " do not occur in

S. O. Addy (1910), where one would expect to find them, as ancient barns, firehouses, and outhouses are fully described. Whether a "lean-to" was ever called a "dubbing" I cannot trace, but in Lancashire it Was known as a " solpie roof." In the same county " hyling " Was formerly used for the aisle of a church: perhaps "iling" is in- tended for the same Word, meaning a wing, or it may be used in the sense of " cover " ; compare ' Heling,' ' N.E.D.'
 * The Evolution of the English House,' by

TOM JONES.

The suggested meaning for the first of these words is unconvincing. " Dub " means to " dress," " trim."

The second of these words looks very like the first part of the compound " eal- ing- hearth," about which I inquired at 10 S. xi. 87, without obtaining, however, a wholly satisfactory reply. The explana- tion then offered would seem to be exactly what is now wanted. Cf. ' N.E.D.,' under

of a " lean-to," or shed attached to a house.
 * Eyling (elyng, eling(e), ealing),' in the sense

A quotation is given showing its use in that sense in co. Lancaster. The deriva- tion is from aisle of a church, possibly a diminutive form. H. W. DICKINSON.

WRECK OF THE JANE, DUCHESS OF GORDON (US. vii. 447, 496; viii. 56). I send the following, copied from Charles Hardy's ' Register of Ships employed in the Service of the United East India Co., 1760- 1812,' which may perhaps be of assistance to MR. PENRY LEWIS :

" Jane, Duchess of Gordon, 820 tons. 1st voyage Coast and Bay. (Chas. Christie, Esq.) Captain, John Cameron ; 1st officer, Peter Baxter ; 2nd officer, John H. Blackburn ; 3rd officer, Samuel Sims ; 4th officer, Thomas Morley ; Surgeon, William Miller ; Purser, Peter Theobald. Sailed from Cork, 31st Aug., 1805. Moorings, 15 April, 1807.

" Jane, Duchess of Gordon, 820 tons. 2nd voyage Ceylon and Bengal. (Charles Christie, Esq.) Captain, John Cameron ; 1st officer, Peter Baxter ; 2nd officer, Samuel Sims ; 3rd officer, George Coward ; 4th officer, Thomas Osborn ; Surgeon, Thomas Lathom ; Purser, Peter Theobald. Sailed from Portsmouth, 8 May,

1808. Parted company from the Fleet on 14 March off the Mauritius, and not since heard of."

R. C. BOSTOCK.

In reply to MR. J. A. THOMPSON, to whom I am obliged for his information, Mr. J. J. Cotton's ' List of Inscriptions on Tombs or Monuments in Madras possessing Historical or Archaeological Interest ' is published by the Government Press, Madras, price 4 rupees 12 annas, or Is. 6d. The Madras Government publications may be obtained from several publishers in London, including Messrs. Constable & Co., Messrs. KeganPaul, and Mr. E. Arnold, also from Messrs. H. S. King & Co.

It was certainly in the Jane, Duchess of Gordon, and not in the Lady Jane Douglas (Dundas ?), that the Hope family and one of Richard Griffiths's children were lost (I was Wrong in saying " four "). The two in- scriptions in St. Mary's Cemetery, Madras, run:

This cenotaph is erected in memory of Mr. William Hope, merchant, his beloved wife Kezia Hope, and their four daughters and only children Kezia, Ellen, Anne, and Caroline, who all perished at sea in the H.I.C. Jane, Duchess of Gordon, on or about the 16th of March, 1809.

Eliza, Rebecca, Martha, and Anne Griffiths, the infant children of Richard Griffiths, mer- chant, and Eliza his wife. Eliza born Sept. 30, 1801, died Aug. 22, 1805. Martha born April 18,

1809, died 23rd of the same month. Mary Ann, born April 27th, and perished at sea on board the Jane, Duchess of Gordon.

Two omissions will be noticed in this copy taken from Mr. Cotton's book : the dates of