eontos ephubrizousi lagooi."]

J. SANSOM.

_Gaol Chaplains_ (Vol. ii., p. 22.) were made universal by act of
parliament in the fourth year of George IV. Before that they may have
existed in some places. In Gloucestershire from 1786.

C. B.

_Rome Ancient and Modern_ (Vol. ii., p. 21.)--Such a map as your
correspondent A. B. M. describes, was at Rome in 1827. It was by Vasi. I
got it, but never saw it in England.

C. B.

_Trianon_ (Vol. ii., p. 47.).--In justice to myself, and in reply to your
correspondent C., who believes I have "not the slightest authority" for my
explanation of the word _Trianon_, I beg to refer him to the French
dictionaries, in some of which, at all events, he will find it thus
written: _Trianon_, subst. masc., _a pavilion_.

J. K. R. W.

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Miscellanies

_Aboriginal Chambers near Tilbury_ (Vol. i., p. 462.).--Mr. Cook, of
Abeley, Essex, having seen this Query, which had been kindly quoted into
_The Athenaeum_ of the 25th ultimo, communicated to that journal on
Saturday, June 1st, the following information respecting two of these
caves, the result of a personal examination of them:--

"The shafts are five in number; and are situated at {63} the edge of
Hanging Wood, in the parish of Chadwell, about three miles from Grays
Pier. I descended two of them in 1847, by means of a rope and pulley
fixed to the branch of a neighbouring tree,--taking the precaution to
have a lighted lanthorn swinging a few yards beneath me. They were
between eighty and ninety feet in depth,--their diameter at the top six
feet, gradually diminishing to three feet at the bottom. There was a
great deal of drift sand at the bottom of the shaft, extending a
considerable way up, which nearly blocked up the entrance to the
chambers. By treading down the sand I soon gained an entrance, and
found five chambers communicating with the shaft--three on one side and
two on the other. In form they were nearly semicircular. Their
dimensions were small, not exceeding thirty feet in length by fifteen
in width, but very lofty; they were quite dry and free from foul air.
The chambers in both shafts corresponded exactly with each other in
size, form, and number. I trust this brief account may be of some
service to those gentlemen who intend to explore them, and should be
most happy to afford any assistance in my power."