swaying its body as it moves along from side to side. The head is short
and narrow, with small ears, like those of a rat; the eyes are black,
piercing, and very bright. Their chief food is rats, mice, young
chickens, little birds, and eggs. They frequent mole-hills, and are
often caught in the traps set for the moles; they are destroyed by
ferrets and dogs. These mousehunts live, for the most part, in holes
beneath the roots of trees, or in old buildings."

The above description of the Mousehunt is given in _The History of a
Field-mouse_ by Miss Black. Should it be thought of sufficient authority to
deserve a place in "N. & Q.," the coincidence which led "Little Downy" to
be read to a little girl on the morning of Nov. 26 will amuse.

E. B. R.

_"Salus populi," &c._ (Vol. viii., p. 410.).--Selden, in his _Table Talk_
(art. PEOPLE), states, on what authority I know not, that this was part of
the law of XII Tables.

E. S. T. T.

_Love Charm from a Foal's Forehead_ (Vol. viii., p. 292.).--The word which
H. P. wants is _Hippomanes_. The reference which the Lexicons give is to
Aristotle's _History of Animals_, viii. 23. 5.

I shall be glad to have some of H. P.'s references to Tacitus, as I cannot
now call one to mind. In connexion with the subject, I should like to know
if the white star, which used to be so fashionable on horses' foreheads,
was always or generally produced artificially.

W. FRASER.

Tor-Mohun.

_Land of Green Ginger_ (Vol. viii., pp. 160. 227.). --So named, in all
probability, from green ginger having been manufactured there. Green ginger
was one of the favourite conserve of our ancestors, and great quantities of
it were made in this country from dried ginger roots. In an old
black-letter work without date, but unmistakeably of the sixteenth century,
entitled _The Book of pretty C[=o]ceits, taken out of Latine, French,
Dutch, and English_, there is a receipt "To make Green Ginger," commencing
thus:--"Take rases of cased ginger and use them in this sort." I need not
quote the long-winded receipt. Suffice it to say that dried ginger was
placed in alternate layers with fine white sand, and the whole mass kept
constantly wet until the ginger became quite soft. It was then washed,
scraped clean, and put into sirup. There can be no greater difficulty in
finding a derivation for the Land of Green Ginger, than for Pudding Lane,
or Pie Corner.

W. PINKERTON.

Ham.