an inch? Are the divisions into palms or digits given; and, if so, are
they accurate subdivisions? Of the six names above mentioned, the three
who are by far the best known are Stöffler, Fernel, and Ramus; and it so
happens that their subdivisions are _much_ more correct than those of
the other three, and their whole lengths more accordant.

A. DE. MORGAN.

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Minor Queries

_Plurima Gemma._--Who is the author of the couplet which seems to be a
version of Gray's

"Full many a gem of purest ray serene," &c.?

"Plurima gemma latet cæca tellure sepulta,
Plurima neglecto fragrat odore rosa."

S.W.S.


_Emmote de Hastings._--

"EMMOTE DE HASTINGS GIST ICI" &C.

A very early slab with the above inscription was found in 1826 on the
site of a demolished transept of Bitton Church, Gloucester. By its side
was laid an incised slab of ---- De Bitton. Both are noticed in the