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correspondent, the other ' Here let him rest.' They were engraved (with the necessary alteration), by the order of the Princess of Wales, on the tombstone of an old nurse, and may be seen in Brompton Cemetery. A wreath sent by the Prince and Princess of Wales to the funeral of a friend had the same lines written on a card. They again appeared upon a wreath sent by a friend at the death of the Duke of Clarence. Still more recently instances are recorded of their use as an epitaph. At the present time Messrs. Boots have brought out a fine framed photograph of Queen Victoria, with an ivory tablet at the foot and on it the lines :

Her work well done,

Her race well run,

Her crown well won,

Now cometh rest.

"After the death of Mr. Mills the lines were published in a selection of poems entitled 'Vox Humana' ; and in ' The Life of John Mills,' published two years ago, is some account of their origin."

This last, written by Mrs. John Mills, is excellent work, the autobiography of her own early days being particularly good.

ARTHUR MAYALL.

"CAROL." I make the following extract from the ' Hundred Rolls,' dated 1279, vol. i. 174 b:

" Dicti homines comitis mittebant duos de garcio- nibus suis post fenum. In eundo supervenerunt ubi puellae et garciones carolaverunt post columbas, et dixit unus garcionum quod una de puellis bene carolavit, etdedit ei columbas ; hoc audito a Nichalao Calf et Thoma le Prute qui posuerunt columbas, et dixerunt quod menciebatur et nqn haberet columbas, et intestavit [sic] dictum garcionem cum quodam baculo quod cecidit. Hoc audierunt Homines comitis, et venerunt cum arcis et aliis armis dictum garcionem rescuere."

It appears that the servants of the Earl of Gloucester sent two of their boys to a village called Campden, in Gloucestershire, to get hay for the earl's horses. As they went they came to a place where girls and boys " carolled for pigeons," and one of the earl's boys said that one of the girls "carolled well," and gave her the pigeons.

These girls and boys seem to have been calling pigeons for a wager by whistling or making some imitative noise to attract them. If "carolaverunt" really means "called," and not "danced," I would suggest that the word may be equivalent to " garolaverunt," from Late Latin garrulare, to prate, chatter, call, and so be related to Latin garrulus and gar- rire. As regards the interchange of g and c, I find carucatce and carugatce in the * Hundred Rolls,' i. 208 a. Compare also Latin gelu, gelidus, English cold ; and Latin glus, gluten, English clay. " Carol " in the sense of " ring- dance" may have another origin. Kavelykinde, gavelkind, occurs in the * Hundred Rolls,' i. 208 a. S. O. ADDY.

WE must request correspondents desiring infor- mation on family matters of only private interest to affix their names and addresses to their queries, in order that the answers may be addressed to them direct.

A NELSON RELIC. The secretary of the Royal United Service Institution (Lieut.- Col. Holden) has in his possession a medallion if it can rightly be called so formerly the property of Sir Hutton Gregory. It is a head of Britannia in what I fancy is called repousse work, on a small copper disc, silvered on the face. This is let into a brass case, resembling the top cap of a telescope, on a boss in the middle of which is the inscription, scratched rather than engraved, "Lady Hamil- ton to Horatio Nelson " the whole in a black frame (ebony or bog oak), like a miniature's, with a viscount's coronet at top. On a close examination it presents many curious features, and especially the legend. Nelson was a peer before Lady Hamilton was on anything like intimate terms with him, and it does not appear that she ever addressed him* as Horatio. And why "Lady" Hamilton to " Horatio" ? " Emma to Nelson " would have been understandable. The thing is a conun- drum, of which it would be pleasant to get a solution. Col. Holden asks me to say that he will be very glad to show it to any one who is willing to try to solve the riddle.

J. K. LAUGHTON.

DELAGOA BAY. A very well - informed friend tells me that the Times some years back stated that Delagoa Bay had been offered to England. I shall feel obliged if any of your readers can tell me the date.

N. S. S.

"ST. HUBERT'S RENT, ST. ALBAN'S LAND, ST. EDMOND'S RIGHT, ST. PETER'S PATRIMONY." What were these 1 Tyndall specifies them as revenues of the Church which were ex- acted independently of tithes.

W. B. GERISH.

Bishop's Stortford.

" SHUTTLES." What is the meaning of this word in 'Guy Mannering,' chap, xxxviii. ? From the context it can scarcely mean weaving shuttles: "shuttles, and trunks, and drawers, and cabinets." It is "shuttles " in three different editions.

JONATHAN BOUCHIER.

" RABBATING." The notes by Mr. G. Wynd- ham to his edition of Shakespeare's poems (Methuen, 1898) quote on p. 209 from Put-