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elated by Ordinances of Parliament of 1 Jub and 20 August, 1644, is dated " Savoy, Jan. 20 1G44" (1644/5), and the author states that the lot of his "nativity did fall in Chard," tha Somerset was his "Mother" and Devon hi " Nurse," and that he had been " a Chaplain* to the Western Forces."

Was there any earlier John Bond who wa: connected with the Savoy 1 I ask this ques tion on account of the following passage in Mackenzie E. C. Walcott's ' William of Wyke iham and his Colleges ' (1852), p. 406 :

" Bond, John, B.C.L., a native of Chard, Somerset
 * shire, was a chaplain of New College ; Master o

Taunton School, 1579 ; editor of the works o Horace, 1606 ; and Persius, which appeared in 1614 Saxius called him ' Minorum gentium philologus. He died Aug. 3rd, 1612, while chaplain of St. Mary le-Savoy."

My present idea is that Walcott confusec John Bond, the learned Master of Taunton School, who wrote commentaries on Horace and Persius, and who died in 1612 ('D.N.B., v. 339), with John Bond, who became Mastei of the Savoy in 1645. H. C.

_ LONDON MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS (9 th S. xi. 389, 457). A work that is indispensable in the study of this subject is Weever's 'Funeral Monuments,' 1631, or that part of it which deals with the 'Ancient Funeral Monuments within the Diocesse of London,'

pp. 350-716. J. HOLDEN MACMlCHAEL.

ST. DIALS (9 th S. xii. 49). Surely tins may be a corruption of Llandeilo. To St. Teilo or Deilo many churches in Wales are dedi- cated. He lived between 500 and 566, and was the second Bishop of Llandaff. M.A.

PERSIAN LEGEND OF THE FIRST FLESH- EATER (9 th S. xii. 45). The story of Zohak and his two serpents can be found in the bhah-nameh ' of Ferdousi. The blacksmith's apron became the standard of the Persian monarchy, and was captured at the battle of Cadesia, when the Sassanian dynasty was overthrown. E. YARDLEY.

' VICAR OF WAKEFIELD' (9 th S. xi. 187 274 375, 496). -'The Journal of a Wiltshire Curate, printed in the British Magazine for December, 1766, is, I have recently discovered, given verbatim m the Universal Museum and Complete Magazine of Knowledge and Measure of the same date, ii. 634 ; in neither case is there, as asserted of the Brit. Mac,, copy by Mr Percy W. Ames in R. Soc. Lit Trans, fcecond Series, xix. 95, " a declaration of its genuineness ; and inasmuch as the 'Vicar of Wakefield' was published in March, while

J J ournal, as far as I know, did not appear

in print till December, the latter could hardly be " the source whence it is believed Gold- smith derived the first idea of the ' Vicar.' " It is still, however, an open question whether the 'Journal' had appeared in print before, and it is curious it should have appeared simultaneously in two rival magazines, which might seem to point to one common source. To help towards a conclusion, it may be noticed that there are several singular parallels in the two magazines, viz., the Brit. Mag. for April and May gives an account of the 'Vicar of Wakefield,' with a specimen, being the ' History of a Philosophical Vaga- bond,' divided into two portions ; the very same division of these portions is observed in the * History ; as given in the Universal Museum for March and May. A like divi- sion in two portions, commencing with the same paragraphs, is observed in both maga- zines in the case of ' The Fountains, a Tale : from Essays lately published by Mrs. Wil- liams.' It would almost seem, from these coincidences, as if the same writer or editor was acting for both magazines.

ADRIAN WHEELER.

HEBER'S 'PALESTINE ' (9 th S. xii. 246). Why does MR. YARDLEY think that the lines of Cowper which he quotes " were the imme- diate original of those of Heber " ? The word "fabric" is the only word common to both sets of lines which is not in 1 Kings vi. 7. JOHN B. WAINEWRIGHT.

"SCOGGAN" OR " SCOGGIN" (9 th S. xii. 206). This word sounds very Celtic, and is surely the same as Welsh "ysgogyn," mean- ing what wags, quickly stirs, or is fickle.

JOHN HOBSON MATTHEWS. 'MY OLD OAK TABLE' (9 th S. xii. 448). I regret that I am unable to give the words of the song ; but would it be of any use to refer W. B. H. to Bloomfield's lines 'To my Old Oak Table ' ? TRACY TIPTOFF.

LINCOLNSHIRE SAYINGS (9 th S. xi. 509). Perhaps the meaning of " ground-toad " can 3e traced through another and common form )f the word, namely, " groundsel toad " : 'There was Devil Lees too, and his imp, a sel toad." See communication by CUTHBERT BEDE, 3 rd S. xi. 494.
 * reat big rodriey fellow, a.s hard as a ground-

J. HOLDEN MAC-MICHAEL.

STATUE FROM So HO SQUARE (9 th S. vii. 209 ;

di. 366, 391). I have no doubt as to Mr.

}lack well's respectability, and make no

attack upon it. I would as lief speak dis-

espectfully of the equator. The question

asked was by what authority Mr. Blackwell