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monument and a copy of the inscription, taken by myself in 1893, may prove of inter- est. The monument is immediately west of the church, contiguous to the churchyard wall, and surrounded by tall iron railings. The inscription is contained on a tablet let into the wall, and is protected by a sculptured canopy representing draped hangings. Most of the space inside the railings is taken up by an arched mound of sculpture represent- ing a jumbled mass of skulls, thigh-bones, serpents, hourglasses, scythes, and other articles typical of human dissolution. From the following inscription one would judge that Mr. Adams's character was as near per- fect as need be :

Here rest the remains

of James Adams

of New Jenkins in this County, Esq.

who Having long expected the Hour of Dissolution with

Manly Fortitude obeyed the awful Summons with

True Christian Temper On the 9 th of October, 1765, in the 78 th Year of his

Age From his earliest Youth

His

Integrity, Generosity and Honour were, in every Department,

Irreproachable Eminent and Exemplary

In Private Life

He uniformly supported the Characters of the Just Man, the Good Neighbour, and the Christian

As a Friend He was beloved and respected by those who were

Friends to Virtue

As a Husband, and Father,

Let this stone tell to latest Posterity

That the Objects of his Affection erected it

in Gratitude

To his Memory

Keep Innocency and take heed to the thing that is

Right For that shall bring a man Peace at the last.

Psalm 37, v. 38. J9HN T. PAGE. West Haddon, Northamptonshire.

Would you allow me to thank ME. A. T. EVERITT and G. E. C. for their replies to my query re the above, and to ask if any of your correspondents can give information relative to the eldest son John, by his first wife Abigail, mentioned in MR. EVERITT'S letter, who, presumably, was born between 1660 and 1670 ? Where did he live? When and where was he buried ? Did he leave any children ?

J. G. HICKS.

THE " SCOURING " OF LAND (9 th S. i. 286). When I was a lad "hedgers and ditchers" scoured the ditches and drains along the sides

of the roads in Derbyshire ; that is, the clearing of top growth and the cleaning out of the dykes and drains was called " scour- ing." " Now then ! skurry out that rubbish," tells its own tale. THOS. RATCLIFFE.

Worksop.

" BY JINGO " (9 th S. i. 227, 276, 350). Prince L. L. Bonaparte, many years ago, claimed "By Jingo" as an English borrowing from the Basques. The Souletin Basques say "Bai Jinko," meaning "Yes ! God ! " not "By God" or " Par Dieu." The k would easily become g in the mouth of a foreigner. Basque sailors and soldiers have always been ubiqui- tous. Some years ago I was at an inn at Larraina( = the threshing floor) in Soule, where the host, who had gained the Queen's medal for service in the French army in the Crimean War, repeated "Bai Jinko" hundreds of times during the day. No doubt the Basques in the time of Rabelais, the first author to put Basque words in print (though he did so rather clumsily), had the same habit. It must always have attracted the attention of foreigners, who would readily imitate it. PALAMEDES.

THE HIGHLAND DRESS (9 th S. i. 243). Without throwing any light on the phase of the subject mentioned by MR. REID, the following note on 'The Garb of Old Gaul' may be of interest :

"Under Col. Francis Grant of Grant (after- wards a lieutenant-general) the regiment landed in America, where the peculiar garb of the High- landers astonished the Indians, who, during the march to Albany, flocked from all quarters to see the strangers, who they believed were of the same extraction as themselves, and therefore received them as brothers, for the long hunting shirt of the Indians resembled the kilt, as their mocassins did the gartered hose, their striped blanket the shoulder plaid, and they too had round shields and knives, like the target and dirk of the Celt ; hence, according to General Stewart, ' the Indians were delighted to see a European regiment in a costume so similar to their own. "Grant, ' Legends of the Black Watch,' p. 101.

AYEAHR.

HWFA OF WALES (9 th S i. 289). MR. HWFA BROOKE will find in the fifth volume of * The History of Powys Fadog,' by J. Y. W. Lloyd, p. 281, the pedigree of "Lewysof Prysaddfed, in the parish of Bodedeyrn," traced from " Hwfa ab Cynddelw, Lord of Llys Llivon in M6n" (Anglesey). He married Ceinvryd, daughter of Ednowain Bendew, who was, like Hwfa ap Cynddelw, a chief of one of the noble tribes of Gwynedd. In some further pedigrees of these Lewyses mention is made of intermarriages with the Meyricks of Bodorgan. I presume that MR. HWFA