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forgotten, which bell-founders used occa- sionally or even habitually.

The Romsey bells throw no light upon this question, for they were all recast by Thomas Hears in 1791.

It is a curious fact, but very likely only a chance coincidence, that at the moment when I.H. disappeared from Hampshire (if, indeed, his Bursledon bell of 1652 was positively his last appearance there), John Hodson, whose antecedents and parentage are not known, began to figure as a bell- founder in London. However, I do not wish to indulge in wild conjectures, and the initials I.H., if standing for J.H., are no less common than my own. H. C.

Winchester College.

ETYMOLOGY OF "LIVERPOOL " (12 S. vii. 68, 96, 188, 254, 313). It seems preferable to derive this place-name from Icel. hlif, pi. hlifar, cover, shelter and polla, a pool, rather than to make the first element hlifd, pro- tection, as MB. ROBERT GLADSTONE proposes, though the matter is perhaps not very im- portant, seeing that both nouns are formed from the verb hlifa, to cover, give shelter ; see Vigfusson s.v.

On the occurrence of Scandinavian names in the Mersey neighbourhood Johnston says s.v. Cheadle : " This must be Norse kvi-dal, fold-valley. Norse influence is common in North Staffs." Knutsford is an excellent example of a Danish place-name, i.e., Knut, or Canutesford ; while Marple may be from mesk-pollr, Alsager from Icel. alsagdr, spoken of, renowned, and Altrincham, Icel. altari. A.-S. altar, an altar -{-ing place -\-ham pasture. as in Exning and Chippenham.

N. W. HILL. Hotel St. James, San Francisco.

IN PRAISE OF INDEXING (12 S. vii. 130, 174, 215). Did there not exist an Index Society about 50 years ago ? If so, WILLIAM DE CASTRE would probably collect a number of quotations from their Journal.

Had this society any connexion with the British Record Society, which issued the would oblige me by giving particulars about the Index Society, if, as such, it did exist separate from the British Record Society.
 * Index Library ' ? Your correspondents

I have just come across a note by Mari-

conda on ' Hints to Authors and Publishers '

(1 S. vi. 334) of which paragraphs 1 and 2

should be of interest to your correspondent.

Baluchistan. NOLA.

PORCELAIN MASONIC MUG (12 S. vii. 289). This mug would not necessarily be Lowes- toi't ware, as similar mugs to that described were also made at Leeds, Sunderland, Staffordshire, Newcastle, Liverpool, and in, Holland. From a collection which I recently saw, and which contained mugs and jugs made at the above places, I learned that the earliest was made about 1750-60. The- quality of Lowestof t paste was very fine and the ornamentation rich, and this may help your correspondent to identify the manufac- tory from which his mug came.

Rimes are fairly common on Masonic ware, and were evidently composed to suit the occupation of the member of the craft,, e.g.,

From rocks and sands, and every ill May God preserve the sailor still.

ARCHIBALD SPARKE.

Mugs with masonic emblems are not very rare, as many years ago they were probably made in large quantities for use in connexion with some of the Lodges in the craft. Staffordshire, probably, furnished the bulk of the supply, though the decoration may have been done at Liverpool in the time of Sadler and Green.

All the mugs of this kind that I have seen were of cream colour, and mostly of earthen- ware, having not the slightest resemblance to Lowestof t ware, so I should be inclined to doubt the likelihood of the mug in question hailing from Lowestoft. If it be genuine porcelain I should feel more inclined to guess its origin as Worcester.

As regards the couplet quoted, should not the last line read " of a free and an accepted mason " ? G. W. YOUNGER.

2 Mecklenburgh Square, W.C.I.

SIR WILLIAM JOHN STROTH (12 S. vii. 290). No knight of this name appears in Shaw's- ' Knights of England' (1906), the nearest approach to it being that of William John Struth, Mayor of Bristol, who was knighted in April, 1815. G. F. R. B.

POOR UNCLE NED (12 S. vi. 287). la Delane's 'Journal of his visit to America * (p. 287) allusion is made to an old Negro melody which he heard chanted by the sailors on board ship, and of which he gives the chorus. This was in 1856. Only a few years later, in the sixties, I remember to- have heard it sung by the " Christy Minstrels," who were then performing at St. James's Hall, and as their version of the