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 interpretation. The original words are
in Sir Thomas Herbert's _Travels_, and, in his expressive
language, they are as follows:--"By Providence, the best compass,
and benefit of the pole-star, he returned safely to his own
country." Most certainly this cannot imply that Madoc was acquainted
with the mariner's compass.

"J.M.T." also seems to give great weight to the fact of a