W. JERDAN.


_Welsh Ambassador._--The origin of the word "Welsh," from the Saxon
"Wealh," a stranger, and the use of it in this sense by our old writers
(see Brady's _Introd._, p. 5.: Sir T. Smith's _Commonwealth of England_,
chap. xiii.), sufficiently explain this designation of the Cuckoo, the
temporary resident of our cold climate, and the ambassador
_extraordinary_ in the revolutions of the seasons, in the words of the
Nursery Rhymes,--

"She comes as a _stranger_, and stays three months in the year."

"Quid tibi vis aliud dicam? me _vox mea prodit_."

_Alciati, Emblema_ lx. _Cuculi, Comment_.

T.J.


_Prince Madoc._--I was much gratified on reading "T.T.'s" note,
commenting on my observations respecting the Mandan language, as he
proves the existence of Celtic words amongst the American Indians.
Regarding "T.T.'s" doubts as to the Mandans being descended from the
followers of Madoc, I confess that my opinions on the point do not
differ very widely from his own. The circumstances attending Madoc's
emigration, in the paucity of its numbers and the entire separation from
the mother country, with the character of the Indians, would almost
ensure the ultimate destruction of the settlement, or the ultimate