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12 2 s. ix. JULY 16, 1921.] NOTES AND QUERIES. 59 (12 S. viii. 511).—According to 'The Living Animals of the World,' in hilly countries the fox becomes a powerful and destructive animal, killing not only game but lambs. Mention is also made of one being shot when carrying away a lamb from a sheepfold near the cliffs of Sidmouth, in Devon.

(12 S. viii. 511; ix. 39).—An illustrated article on sundials, by Warrington Hogg, appeared in The Strand Magazine, June, 1892, pp. 607-12. A paper on 'Ancient Sundials of Scotland,' illustrated by drawings of about 200 examples, was read before the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, on January 14, 1889, by Mr. Thomas Ross, architect, of Edinburgh; a report of it, with illustrations, was printed in The Builder, January 26, 1889. See also The Western Antiquary, Plymouth, March, 1889, p. 176.

(12 S. viii. 211).—I enclose the copy of epitaph on George Routleigh's tombstone in Lydford churchyard, Devon:—

In Aberconway churchyard there is, or was, an almost precisely similar-worded epitaph, save that the word "motions" occurs for "movements."

It would be interesting to know if it is still there.

(12 S. viii. 411).—The rates of pay of the Royalist and Roundhead soldiers are given in detail in Grose's 'Military Antiquities,' vol. i. The pay of the army just before the outbreak of the Civil War was as follows:—

Captain

Lieutenant

Ensign

Serjeant

Drummer

Corporal

Soldier

Colonel

Lieut.-Colonel

Captain

Lieutenant

Cornet

Corporal

Horseman

£ s. d.

8 0 per day.

4 0

2 6

1 2

1 0

10

8

£ s. d.

1 0 0

10 0

8 0

5 0

4 0

2 0

2 6

(Fortescue says that a horseman provided his own horse, and received a higher rate of pay.)

The following entry appears on the Journals of the House of Commons showing the pay of officers of the Parliamentary troops in 1647, but Fortescue states that at this period the pay of the Foot was 18 weeks, and the Horse 42 weeks in arrears.

£ s. d.

Captain 8 0 per day.

Lieutenant 4 0

Ensign 2 6

Serjeant 1 0

Drummer 1 0

Corporal 1 0

s. d.

Colonel (with 4 horses) 1 10 0

Major (with 3 horses) 1 1 0

Captain (with 2 horses) 14 0

Lieutenant (with 2 horses) 9 0

Cornet (with 2 horses) 8 0

Corporals and Trumpets 2 6

At a later date (1659) we find that the pay of a private soldier was 9d. per day, while the pay for the above ranks remained much the same.