, et est
processus illuc de Ripa angulosus inter Austrum et Occidentem. De Prol
in Britanniam ad Sanctum Matthiam, uno die,--inde ad Far, juxta Sanctum
Jacobum tribus noctibus. Inde Leskebone duobus diebus inter Austrum et
Occidentem. De Leskebone ad Narvese tribus diebus et tribus noctibus,
angulariter inter Orientem et Austrum. De Narvese ad Arruguen quatuor
diebus et quatuor noctibus, angulariter inter Aquilonem et Orientem. De
Arruguen ad Barzalun uno die, similiter inter Aquilonem et Orientem. De
Barzalun ad Marsiliam uno die et una nocte, fere versus Orientem,
declinando tamen parum ad plagam Australem. De Marsilia ad Mezein in
Siciliam quatuor diebus et quatuor noctibus, angulariter inter Orientem
et Austrum. De Mezein ad Accharon xiiii diebus et totidem noctibus,
inter Orientem et Austrum, magis appropiando ad Austrum."

We may fairly consider that the stations marked in this itinerary are of
great antiquity. "Prol in Angliam" is, no doubt, Prawle Point, in
Devonshire; a headland which must have been well known to the Veneti long
before the days of Adam of Bremen. Its mention here is one among the many
proofs of the early importance of this coast, the ancient "Littus
Totonesium," the scene of one of Marie's fabliaux, and of some curious
passages in Layamon's _Brut_, which are not to be found in the poem of
Wace. I wish to ask,--

1. Is the word "Prol" Saxon or British, and what is its probable etymology?

2. Where was "Cuicfal in Flandriam," from whence the voyage was made to
Prol?

RICHARD JOHN KING.

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CHIMING, TOLLING, AND PEAL-RINGING OF BELLS.

Some of your clerical readers, as well as myself, would probably be glad to
have determined, what are the proper times and measures in which the bells
of a church ought to be rung. There seems to be no uniformity of practice
in this matter, nor any authoritative directions, by which the customs that
obtain may be either improved or regulated. The terms chiming, tolling, and
peal-ringing, though now generally understood, do not intelligibly apply to
the few regulations about bells which occur in the canons.

I believe that _chiming_ is the proper method of summoning the congregation
to the services of the church: and _tolling_ certainly appears to be the
most appropriate use of the bell at funerals. But chiming the bells is an
art that is not recognised in the older rules r