L.B.L.


_Smelling of the Lamp_ (No. 21. p. 335.).--"X." will find the
expression [Greek: Illuchnion ozein] attributed to Pytheas by Plutarch
(_Vit. Demosth._, c. 8.).

J.E.B. MAYOR.


_Anglo-Saxon MS. of Orosius_ (No. 20. p. 313.).--It may gratify Mr.
Singer to be informed that the Lauderdale MS., formerly in the library
at Ham House, is now preserved, with several other {372} valuable
manuscripts and books, in the library at Helmingham Hall, Suffolk, the
seat of the Tollemache family.

M.


_Golden Frog_.--Ingenious as is the suggestion of "R.R." (No. 18. p.
282.), that Sir John Poley stuck a golden frog in his ear from his
affection for _tadpoles_, I think "R.R.'s" "Rowley Poley" may be
dismissed with the "_gammon_ and spinach" of the amorous frog to which
he alludes.

Conceiving that the origin of so singular a badge could hardly fail to
be commemorated by some tradition in the family, I have made inquiry
of one of Sir John Poley's descendants, and I regret to hear from him
that "they have no authentic tradition respecting it, but that they