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words : ' Thou hast Pope Epiphanius, which doth openly in his letters call thee an heretic. Surely thou art not to be preferred before him, neither for age nor learning, nor godliness of life, nor by the testimony of the whole world.' "

Von Hase in his ' Handbuch der Protes- tantischen Polemik gegen die Romisch- Katholische Kirche,' ii. 345, says in a note that Epiphanius was Bishop of Constantia in Cyprus, wrote a treatise against heresies, and died A.D. 403. The dual name Salamis and Constantia is accounted for by Smith (' Diet, of Bible.' a.v. ' Salamis ') thus :

" Salamis has rather an eminent position in Christian history. Constantine or his successor rebuilt it, and called it Constantia (' Salamis, quae nunc Constantia dicitur,' Hieronym. 'Philem.' ), and, while it had this name, Epiphanius was one of its bishops."

SOME IRISH FAMILY HISTORIES (11 S. vii. 483 ; viii. 124, 173, 21^). Perhaps I may be permitted, without a suspicion of egotism and as, I trust, a not insignificant contribu- tion to MR. .MACARTHUR'S list, to supply the following :

1. An Irish Sept. Being a History of the McGoyern

or MacGauran Clan. By Two of its Igcions. Manchester : John Heywood, 1886 Printed

Sivately. The two scions were my brother r. J. H. McGovern, A.R.I.B.A., and myself. A pamphlet of 2-t pages.

2. How One of the McGovern or MacGauran Clan

won the Victoria Cross. With a Sketch of its Tribal History, Armorial Bearings, &c. By J. H. McGovern, F.L.A.S. Liverpool : Daily Post Office, 1889. A pamphlet of 31 pages.

3. Genealogy and Historical Notices of the Mac-

Gauran or McGovern Clan. By J. H. McGovern, F.L.A.S. Liverpool : J. R. Williams & Co., 1890. A pamphlet of 32 pages.

J. B. MCGOVERN. St. Stephen's Rectory, C.-on-M., Manchester.

ROBING OR ROOTHING (11 S. viii. 270). The origin of the name of the River Rodin g is discussed at 4 S. xii. 328, 375, 484 ; 5 S. i. 39, v. * Affebridge,' although not conclu- sively. It is a question whether the river gives its name to the locality, or vice versa. Rodington (Salop) is on the River Roden. There is a Teutonic word rade, rode, roda, or rent, meaning a " clearing," as in Rodden (Somerset). And in Bavaria there is a market village named Roding.

TOM JONES.

According to Bosworth's ' Essex Past and Present ' the eight adjacent parishes called " The Roothings " probably derive their names from the ings, or meadows, beside the River Roding.

This river takes its rise in Easton Park, near Dunmow, and passes through Ongar,

Abridge, and Woodford Bridge. Skirting Wansfead Park, it flows through Ilford, entering the Thames at Barking Creek.

An old form of spelling the name \vas " Rhoden " or " Roden." A street at Ilford is called Roden Street.

G. H. W.

High Roothing, Aythorp Roothing, Ber- ners Roothing, Leaden Roothing, Margafet Roothing; White Roothing : from the River Roden. or the Saxon rode (a cross) and ing (a pasture), from a cross on a common or meadow land.

The above all appear to be in the Hundred of Dunmow in Essex. There are deep valleys in places, and through streams in some of these the Roden and Chelmer take their rise : hence the probable origin of the word " Roothing." WILLIAM H. REEVE.

" ASK "=TART (11 S. viii. 126, 194, 295). When the Cornish farmer spoke of " the esk," he was referring to the affection more gene- rally known as the " husk," " hoose," or "hoast " (see the 'N.E.D.,' vol. v. p. 475), for which a remedy known as " Huskolein " is extensively advertised. A leaflet on the subject was recently issued by the Irish Department of Agriculture, in which it is explained that " husk " is a parasitic disease, caused by threadlike worms in the wind-

Eipe, which attacks calves, and sometimes imbs :

"The chief symptom is a hard, husky cough, which is usually noticeable in August, September, and October, and results from calves grazing during the autumn on strong, wet, marshy, or uudrained land."

The word, in the form " husk," is given in vol. iii. p. 293 of the 'E.D.D.,' and as " hose " on p. 241. The species of worm which gives rise to " husk " is known, I believe, as Stronqylus micrarus.

A. C. C.

The term " esk," quoted by YGREC as meaning " tightness on the breath," is evidently equivalent to the Worcestershire term "husk," commonly used for a hoarse cough in young stork.

W. H. QUARRELL.

THE WRECK OF THE ROYAL GEORGE (11 S. vi. 110, 176, 374, 436, 496 ; vii. 36, 77, 113, 158, 195, 276, 297, 353, 515). In the ' Return of Outdoor Memorials ' issued by the L.C.C. it is stated that the capital of the Nelson Column in Trafalgar Square is cast from bronze recovered from the above wreck. J- ARDAGH.