the form of the
Roman X; whereas the pips on the nine of diamonds are arranged in
the form of the letter H. "Mend the instance."

Erratum. P. 181 col. 2. line 3., for _obscurities_, read
_obscenities._

Cambridge, Jan. 31. 1850.

GASTROS.

_Pokership--God tempers the Wind_.--I am disposed to think that
_Parkership_ will turn out to be the right explanation, because
almost every forest or chase contained a _fenced park_, in
which the deer were confined; and the charge of the woods and park
might be consigned to the same person; and the error in spelling the
word was probably copied from one genealogist to another.

Nevertheless, Mr. Corney's conjecture may be right, as Forby
(_Vocabulary,_ vol. ii. p. 258.) mentions Poke-Day as the day
on which the allowance of corn is made to the labourers, _who, in
some places, receive a part of their wages in that form._ Now the
_Pokerer_ might be the officer who distributed the grain on
these occasions.

I open my note to add, that Mr. Gutch (No. 14. p. 211.) will find,
in Sterne's _Sentimental Journey_,--"_God tempers the wind_,"
said Maria, "to the shorn lamb."

The words which I have underlined are printed in Italics in my
edition of the work (London, 12mo. 1790), which may indicate that
they are quoted from some other author.

BRAYBROOKE.

Audley End, Feb. 2.

_Walewich or Watewich._--I have made the reference suggested by
"W.B.M."

Canute was residing at Walewich, and the Abbot of Ely was
consecrated there by the Archbishop of Canterbury. This "Walewich"
can be no obscure place, and we need not look for it in
Cambridgeshire.

I am inclined to think that the word ought to have been written
Warewich, _i.e._ Warwick.

Soham Mere (Mare de Soham) once covered 1369-1/2 acres.--Lyson's
_Cambridge_, 254.

Portum Pusillum, if not Littleport, was a place upon the Cam or the
Ouse, within sight of Ely Minster.

Does your correspondent suppose that Northmouth was among the fens?
If so, he may consult _Inquisitio Eliensis_, or Dugdale's Map
of the Bedford Level, which is in the Museum.

J.F.M.

Dec. 22.

_Madoc's Emigration to America._--"ANGLO-CAMBRIAN" (No. 4. p.
57.), in contradiction to the occurrence of Madoc's emigration, has
adduced what he supposes to be a gross anachronism in the words
"Madoc was directed by the _best compass_, and this in 1170!"
Now, unfortunately for this opinion, the passage on which it is
founded will not allow of his interpre