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the instrument, but the fact of its applica- tion. " Cash down " is obviously an elliptical expression in which the word "down " quali- fies the implied verb " to pay," arid does not qualify the word " cash." H. A. HARBEN. Hyde Park, W.

Even worse than a train " slowing up " to the platform is the expression to " lull up " in a letter from the Tugela in one of the daily papers of 17 February : "We begin hammer- ing at daybreak, lull up about nine for a while for breakfast, then from noon or there- abouts till 1.30 P.M., and on again until near sundown." R. B.

Upton.

EARLS OF ST. POL (9 th S. iv. 169, 293, 386, 444 ; v. 72). Of the first family of the Counts of St. Pol I have not met with one earlier than 1030. The last male, Hugh of Ghent, left an only daughter and heiress, Ysabel, married to Gaucher de Chatillon. Gaucher, or (as he is called in the Patent Roll) Waucher, was count in 1212. The last male of this second family was Gui de Chatillon, who died a hostage in England about 1360. His sister and heiress, Mahaut, took the county to her husband, Gui de Luxembourg, Count of Ligny. He, his son, and grandson were successively Counts of St. Pol. Then a Pierre de Ligny succeeded (by gift it is said). His son again was count, and was executed for treason in 1475. This man's son was restored in 1477, and though he had three sons, they died without issue, and his estates and titles went to his daughter's husband, Frangois de Bourbon, Count of Venddme. I have seen no later trace of a Count of St. Pol, and have always supposed the title was absorbed in the higher dignity. A younger son of the Constable (executed in 1475) was Count of Brienne how, I know not. Alliances with the King of Jerusalem's family were not wanting, but I see no trace of" inheritance passing to the Luxernbourgs. The later couritship of Brienne died out in 1608.

T. W.

Aston Clinton.

OLD WOODEN CHEST (9 th S. v. 88). The following extract from the Rev. Thos. Perkins's ' History of Wimborne Minster and Christchurch Priory ' (which little book is, curiousby enough, reviewed in the very number of ' N. & Q.' in which this question appeared) will perhaps interest MR. NEWPORT :

" In this aisle is also to be seen the relic chest, not formed as chests usually are of planks or slabs fastened together, but hewn out of a solid trunk of oak. The chest is over ft. fang, but the cavity inside is not niore than 22 in. in length, Din. in

width, and 6 in. in depth, hence it will be seen how thick and massive the walls are. Originally it con- tained the relics of the church, and probably is much older than the present minster itself. It was afterwards used as a safe for deeds. In 1735 some deeds were taken from it bearing the date 1200."

The author gives A.D. 705 as the most pro- bable date for the foundation of Wimborne Minster. BERNARD P. SCATTERGOOD.

19, Grove Road, ..Harrogate.

Until the year 1888 a similar chest to the one mentioned by MR. NEWPORT was to be seen in the church here. It was 8 ft. long and 2^ ft. wide, and appeared to have been cut out of a solid oak log. It was secured by three locks, the respective keys being held by the vicar and two church wardens. There was no information obtainable as to its exact age. It waspresented by the vicar and churchwardens on 29 November, 1888, to the Northampton Museum, where I believe it is still located.

JOHN T. PAGE.

West Haddon, Northamptonshire.

At Wimborne Minster, Dorset, there is an ancient relic chest, hewn (canoe fashion) out of a solid piece of oak. It bears the local reputation of beingj^much older than the church itself ; but as much of this most interesting minster belongs to the Norman period, and I never remember meeting with a bit of real Norman woodwork in my life, the accuracy of that_statement is doubtful.

HARRY HEMS.

Fair Park, Exeter.

In Wimborne Minster I was shown such a chest about two or three years ago. So far as my memory serves me, it might have been constructed as described, and it was certainly referred by the guide to the Saxon period. The same number of ' N. & Q.' that contained the query had a review of a work on Wim- borne Minster, which work would probably have some allusion to this chest, since it is shown as one of the objects of greatest in- terest. C. LAWRENCE FORD, B.A.

Bath.

[The account of the chest appears on p. 49 of the book in question.]

WHISKERS (9 th S. v. 88). The~V folio wing quotation from Defoe's 'llobinson Crusoe,' already used by me in one of ray notes on 'Algernon' {'N. & Q.,' 9 th S. ii. 517), will answer A. F. R.'s query :

" My beard I had once suffered to grow till it was about a quarter of a yard long ; but as I had both scissors and razors sufficient, I had cut it pretty short, except what grew on my upper lip, which I had trimmed into a large pair of Mahometan whiskers, such as I had soen worn by some Turks at Sallec, for the Moors did. not wear such, though