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starch used as an adhesive ; apparently he does not intentionally touch the leather ; but the tit, when snapping up the dainty morsels, occasionally pulls off a dry speck of leather ; hence his share in the damage.

Drastic measures should at once be taken to ensure complete removal, or the pest will spread all over the premises. Powerful sulphur fumigation, followed by the stripping of the w T alls, should be thoroughly under- taken. After stripping off the paper, it should be burnt in the room, to avoid trans- ference of any insects elsewhere ; and the walls should be washed in a strong solution of Jeyes's Cyllin. Repapering should not be proceeded with for at least a fortnight, during which time fumigation should be repeated as many times as a thorough searching shows it to be necessary. All bookshelves should be washed in the same solution, and all books, as far as possible, should be opened somewhat and left standing upon their edges in order that the sulphur fumes may have full access.

I found that the insects actually burrowed into the wall-plaster in pursuit of the paste that had soaked in ; hence the necessity of thorough disinfection. E. W.

Finchley.

' LOATH TO DEPART ' (11 S. xii. 460 : 12 S. i. 14). This was originally, no doubt, a special song or tune, but gradually it became a common term for any song or tune played on taking leave of friends.

Some of our regiments when ordered on foreign service play ' The Girl I' ve left behind Me.' This is their ' Loath to Depart.'

Chappell gives a lute tune with this title, and quotes Teonge, and also gives quotations from Tarleton, Beaumont and Fletcher, &c.

Edward Jones in his ' Relics of the Welsh Bards ' gives an old tune of a melancholy character which he calls ' Anhawydd Ymadael Loath to Depart.' I think I have also met with an Irish tune with this title.

Teonge's ' Diary' is a very interesting book. It contains an early mention of cricket and muted or flatted trumpets; and his list of ships is useful for comparison with that given by Pepys. JOSEPH C. BRIDGE.

LETTER -BOOKS OF CHESTER (11 S. xii. 462). These have not been published as a whole, but extracts have been given in several works. MR. KENNY should read ' Chester during the Plantagenet and Tudor Periods,' by the Rev. Canon Morris, as it contains valuable extracts from our city archives. Apply for a copy to Griffith & Co.,

printers, Grosvenor Street, Chester ; or look out for a second-hand copy, which costs about ten shillings.

Then the Historical MSS. Commission Report on Chester should be studied. Dr. Furnivall also published some of the letters,, but I cannot call to mind the exact publica- tion.

If MR. KENNY will write me direct, I shall be pleased to help him in any way I can. JOSEPH C. BRIDGE. Chester.

CAROL WANTED (11 S. xii. 461, 508). I have a small pamphlet entitled ' Nine Antient and Goodly Carols for the Merry Tide of Christmass,' by Edmund Sedding, published by Novello & Co., 1864.

One of these nine carols is evidently the- one your correspondent is looking for. I send a copy of the seven verses. The first verse is almost exactly as quoted bjr M. G. W. P.

1. All you that are to mirth inclined, Consider well and bear in mind What our good God for us has done

In sending His beloved son.

Chorus.

For to redeem our souls from thrall He is the Saviour of us all.

2. The night before that happy tide, The spotless Virgin and her guide Went long time seeking up and dowit To find them lodging in the town.

3. That night the Virgin Mary mild Was safe delivered of a Child, According unto Heaven's decree Man's sweet salvation for to be.

4. With thankful hearts and joyful mind Three shepherds went this Babe to find,. And as the Heavenly Angel told, They did our Saviour Christ behold.

5. Within a manger was He laid ; The Virgin Mary by Him stay'd, Attending on the Lord of Life, Being both Mother, Maid, and Wife.

6. Three Eastern Wise Men from afar, Directed by a glorious star,

Came boldly on, and made no stay Until they came where Jesus lay.

7. And being come unto the place Wherein the blest Messiah was, They humbly laid before His feet Their gifts of gold and odours sweet.

Mr. Edmund Sedding, who was well known as an architect as well as a musician, in his preface states that the words of this carol are given in the ' Garland of Goodwill,' and that it is therein called 'The Sinner's,