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 ii s. vii. JAN. is, 1913. j NOTES AND QUERIES.

Tralles (circa 570) for both KOKKOS and KOKKIOV as names for pills. " Pilulse cocciae majores," from Rhazes, and " pilulae cocciae minores," from Galen (who, however, does not use this term), both appear in our first London Pharmacopoeia, and the latter was retained until 1746, when it gave place to "Pilulse ex colocynthide cum aloe," which has in turn been superseded by " Pilula colocynthidis composita." This still official preparation is, therefore, the lineal descendant of the old Pilulce coccice, the most active ingredient of which was not aloes, but colocynth. Why this particular pill and no other should have had this distinctive name I do not know ; Wootton says because it was often prescribed in smaller pills than the less active kinds. However this may be, I fancy the " notched pill " theory must be rejected. C. C. B.

CAWTHORNE (11 S. vi. 327, 418, 517). In the will of Posthumus Wharton of Thorns, in the parish of Sedbergh, clerk, 1714: "My daughter Mary Cawthorne, wife of John Cawthorne of Wireside, Lancaster, gentle- man, 100/. : ' R. J. FYNMORE.

MR. N. W. HILL, writing from San Fran- cisco, 2 Dec., 1912, kindly supplies the following about Cawthorne :

" Bards ley (' Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames ') shows that it is a place-name origin- ally, one family having dwelt in that locality of Yorkshire for over four hundred years. The poet Thos. Cawthorne (see ' D.N.B.') belonged to this branch. There are others also, one family spelling the name ' Corthorn.' "

EUGENE F. McPiKE. 135, Park Row, Chicago, U.S.

CAMPDEN HOUSE (11 S. vi. 468 ; vii. 34). The old approach to Campden House, Kensington, was by an avenue of elms, which opened into the High Street at the si';e of the present Public Library. The ground through which it passed was sold by Stephen Pitt in 1798; and in 1814 the southern portion was bought to enlarge the churchyard. Upon a portion of the latter (in 1852) the Vestry Hall was built, subse- quently becoming the Public Library. The part north of the " New Cemetery " is occupied by the streets now named Gordon Place. Campden Grove and Gloucester Walk are built across its track. Faulkner (' Ken sington,' p. 314), writing in 1820, says that " the piers of the ancient gateway are still standing, adjoining the High Road " ; but this must have been an error, for they do not appear in. Salway's Survey of the High

Road made in 1811, though an open space is shown. They did stand until recent times in front of the house in Gloucester Terrace renamed Walk no doubt the spot to which they were removed in 1798.

The avenue can be traced in Rocque's Map of London, 17415. Reference is mad to it in Faulkner, ' Kensington,' p. 303, and as above as well as in Loftie's ' Kensington,' p. 98, where also, on pp. 88 and 96, will be found views of the old gateway.

' Diagrams of the Parish of Kensington/ published in 1847 by the Trustees of the Poor, may be referred to.

References will also be found in Mr. Lloyd Sanders's ' Old Kensington,' pp. 208 and 211. W. H. WHITEAB.

SYMBOLISM OF THE PENTALPHA (US. vi, 490). One learns something of the sym- bolism of this figure by becoming a member of the Craft ; but outsiders may know that it sometimes indicates the five Orders of Architecture, and sometimes the five senses, Pythagoras used it to denote health of which complete possession of all one's- senses may be accepted as a proof ! The pentalpha, or pentacle, was the device on the seal of Solomon which gave him power over demons. Men less wise than Solomon have put it to magic purposes. On Tarot cards pentacles sometimes take the place of diamonds, and signify money, interest, or material advantages. ST. SWITHIN.

A suggestive note on the symbolism of the Pentalpha may be found in the paper ' Solomon's Seal and the Shield of David traced to their Origin,' by the Rev. J. W. Horsley, on p. 51 in vol. xv. of Ars Quatuor Coronatorum. These transactions are pub- lished by the Quatuor Coronati Lodge, whose library and head -quarters are now at 52,. Great Queen Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields. Reference might also be made to the library of the Supreme Council. An admirable Dictionary Catalogue of this library was- compiled by Mr. Edward Armitage, and pri- vately printed -in 1900, quarto, pp. 111. It is the most extensive catalogue of Masonic- books I know. RALPH THOMAS.

A MEMORY GAME (11 S. vi. 509). This is a game in which I joined for a number of years as Christmas came round. It was a favourite with all, and was known by nam& as " A Good Fat Hen " or " Memory Links." The players sat in a row or half a circle, and the play went from left to right. The first in the row stood up, took a spoon from the table, and, standing before the second