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was taken prisoner by some Highlanders who were escorting Lord Elcho. But " I then return'd to Settle that Night," Burton states, and received his tenants and work- men at the inn. Then, having arranged his affairs with them, Burton left Settle " next Morning, and got to York that Night about nine o'clock."

Dr. Jaques Sterne and T. Place, the Recorder of York, charged him with being taken by the rebels on 24 Nov. from Hornby Castle to Lancaster, and dismissed on parole with a pass on 26 Nov. At p. 31 Burton speaks about " each Inn where I had been, particularly at Hornby and Lancaster," and at p. 40 he relates how an enemy tried to find evidence against him " after my Return to York from Lancaster."

There is clearly some discrepancy. Ferriar, in his ' Illustrations from Sterne,' thinks that Burton's conduct was very suspicious and his explanation questionable. Perhaps Burton meant " Lancashire," but at p. 31 he writes " at Hornby and Lancaster." Accord- ing to his account, as compared with the dates Saturday. 23 Nov., to Tuesday.. 26, there was hardly time for him to reach and return from the city of Lancaster and to spend a whole day at Settle, receiving rents and paying workmen. His enemies, appa- rently, meant that he was not at Settle on Monday, 25 Nov. Can any of your corre- spondents explain the discrepancy ?

ALBAN DOBAN.

Athenaeum Club.

" BUCCA-BOO." This name for a hob- goblin or mischievous sprite is a word well known to Cornish fishermen, as may be seen in ' E.D.D.' In Scotland, Ireland, and Cheshire the word is pronounced Bugaboo or Buggybo (' E.D.D.'). The Cardiganshire form is Bwci Bo (pronounced Boocky Boh], according to the authority of Sir John Rhys. This eminent Celtic scholar identifies the hobgoblin name Bwci Bo with Bicky Bo, the nursery name for a hobgoblin occurring in some doggerel verses made up by the Rev. Thomas Jones, the " Poet Preacher " of Wales, to amuse and instruct his son, John Viriamu Jones :

One very dark night there came to the door

An ugly, black Bicky Bo.

See ' John Viriamu Jones and Other Oxford Memories,' by E. B, Poulton (1911), p. 14, foot-note.

What is the etymology of the Cornish Bucca-boo (the Cardigan Bwci Bo) ? Can it be that it is a form of the word to be found in Stanyhrirst\s pouke-bug (a malignant

spectre) ? Stanyhurst renders the "immania monstra " of Virgil (' ^En.,' iii. 594) by pouke-bugs. Pouke is the Tudor form of O.E. piica = Old Norse puki (a mischievous demon); cp. W T el. pwca, pwci. And bug is the well-known word for an object of terror ; cp. Shakespeare, ' 3 Henry VI.,' V. ii. 2. A. L. MAYHEW. Oxford.

MRS. REBEKAH SALKERSTONE OF LONDON. This person was buried at Little Missenden on 8 Dec., 1758, and is stated on the tomb- stone to be the wife of Mr. Robert Salten- stall of London, and daughter of John and Rebecca Bradbury, her father being an apothecary in London. A brass tablet is placed to "her memory on the north wall of the nave of the above church, and the name in this instance is spelt " Saltonstall." It will be noticed her name is spelt in three different ways : which is the correct one ?

Is anything known of Robert Saltenstall or Salkerstone and John Bradbury ?

L. H. CHAMBERS.

Amersham.

JOHN TILL, RECTOR OF HAYES. I am anxious to obtain all the information pos- sible relating to the Rev. John Till, LL.B., LL.D., who was Rector of Hayes, Kent, for fifty years (1777-1827), dying there at the age of 82. He was tutor to members of the Dartmouth family, and, by the courtesy of the present Earl, I have been entrusted with a series of very interesting letters, dating from late eighteenth to early nineteenth century, written from Hayes. Any infor- mation forthcoming from your readers with reference to this old Kent rector will be very acceptable to me. E. D. TILL.

The Priory, Eynsford, Kent.

DOLLS BURIED IN A SCOTTISH CAVE. Some years ago I read an account of the discovery in a cave I think in the neigh- bourhood of Edinburgh of a number of dolls or figures in little coffins. My recollec- tion was that it appeared in one of the early numbers of ' N. & Q.,' but I have been unable to trace it. I shall feel much obliged if some reader will give me a reference to the article. EMERITUS.

EDWARD THE CONFESSOR'S CHURCH. Are there any representations of Edward the Confessor's church at Westminster (now Westminster Abbey) in existence besides the one contained in the Bayeux tapestry ? J. ARDAGH.

40, Richmond Road, Drumcondra, Dublin.