Geese_; but the other that fall upon the
land, perish and come to nothing."

The author then quotes the passage from Gerard where mention is made of
the Barnacle.

HENRY KERSLEY.

_Ancient Alms-Dishes_.--I have one of these dishes; diameter 1 foot
4-3/4 inches, and its height 1-1/2 inch. The centre is plain, without
any device, and separated from the circle of inscription by a bold
embossed pattern.

The inscription is _Der infrid gehwart_, in raised (not engraved)
capital letters, 1 inch long, repeated three times in the circle. Mine
is a handsome dish of mixed metal; yielding, when struck, a fine sound
like that of a gong. It has devices of leaves, &c. engraved on the broad
margin, but no date.

I have seen another such dish, in the collection of the late William
Hooper, Esq., of Ross, part of which (and I think the whole of the under
side) had been enamelled, as part of the enamel still adhered to it. In
the centre was engraved the temptation in Eden; but it was without
legend or date.

P.H.F.

_Why the American Aborigines are called Indians_.--I have often
wondered how the aborigines of America came to be called Indians; and
for a considerable time I presumed it to be a popular appellation
arising from their dark colour. Lately, however, I fell in with a copy
of _Theatrum Orbis Terrarum_. Antwerp, 1583, by Abraham Ortelius,
geographer to the king; and, in the map entitled _Typus Orbis Terrarum_.
I find America called _America, sive India Nova_. How it came to get
{255} the name of _India Nova_ is of course another question, and one
which at present I cannot answer.

NORTHMAN.

[Footnote 3: Fleming; banishing? from _fleme_, A.S. to banish.]

[Footnote 4: "Helleflight," as given in the translation, p. 178.]

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NOTES ON BOOKS, SALES, CATALOGUES, ETC.

The arrangements for the _Exhibition of Works of Ancient and Mediaeval
Art_ at the rooms of the Society of Arts in the Adelphi, are proceeding
most satisfactorily. Her MAJESTY and PRINCE ALBERT have manifested the
interest they feel in its success, by placing at the disposal of the
Committee for the purposes of the approaching Exhibition a selection
from the magnificent collection of such objects which is preserved at
Windsor.

Messrs. Puttick and Simpson, of 191. Piccadilly, will sell on Thursday
next, and five following days, the extensive and valuable Library of a
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