the author of _The Critical History of England_, written in
May, 1716, and printed in that year, Pope is reproached with having
just published a "libellous," "impudent," and "execrable"
_Imitation of Horace_. Twenty years later such a reproach would
be very intelligible; but can any one favour me with a reference to
any _Imitation of Horace_, published by Pope prior to 1716, of
which any such complaint could be made?

C.


_Etymology of "Havior."_--Can any of your readers inform me
what is the etymology of the word _Havior_, by which all
park-keepers denote an emasculated male deer, affording good venison
between the buck and doe season?

Never having seen the word written or printed, I am guided, in
attempting to spell it, by the usual pronunciation.

BRAYBROOKE

Audley End, Feb. 2.



_Arabic Numerals_.--In the _Archæological Journal_ (vol.
vi. p. 291.), it is stated that the earliest "example of the use of
Arabic numerals in any work connected with building" is the date
1445, on the tower of Heathfield Church, Sussex, though "they were
common in MSS. after 1320, and in astronomical Tracts as early as