a side or declivity. And if the objection is fatal to the conjecture,
I would then propose "Sous toit unissons." If we reject the supposed
flourishes at the beginning and ending of the inscription, and take it
to be--

CO TOOT VNIC
CONC,

the c being a well-known ancient form of s, there is a difference of
only one letter between the inscription as decyphered and the proposed
motto.

If either of these is adopted, the sentiment of family union and
family gathering, "As doves to their windows," is well adapted for a
family device.

T.C.

Durham, May 2. 1850.

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_Finkle or Finkel_ (No. 24. p. 384.).--Is not "Finkle" very probably
derived from _Finc_, a finch, in the A.-S.? _Fingle_ Bridge, which
spans the river Teign, amidst some most romantic scenery, has the
following etymology assigned to it by a local antiquary, W.T.P. Short,
Esq. (vide _Essay on Druidical Remains in Devon_, p. 26.): "_Fyn_,
a terminus or boundary; and _Gelli_, hazel, the hazeltree limits or
boundary." But, Query, is not the second syllable rather _Gill_, akin
to the numerous tribe of "gills" or "ghylls," in the North Countrie?