mes
uery impatient, and testye, so as none of the Counsayle, but the
secretary, dare come in her presence."

May we not class this story of her majesty's {152} predilection for the
hundred merry tales among the "black relations of the Jesuits?"

SPES.

_Meaning of Cefn._--What is the meaning of the Welsh word "Cefn" used as
prefix?

JOSEPHUS.

1. The first meaning of the word "Cefn" is, "the back;" _e.g._ "Cefn dyn,"
"the back of a man."

2. It also signifies "the upper part of the ridge of some elevated and
exposed land." As a prefix, its meaning depends upon the fact whether the
word attached to it be an adjective or a substantive. If an adjective be
attached, it has the _second_ signification; _i.e._ it is the upper part of
some exposed land, having the particular quality involved in the adjective,
such as, "Cefndu," "Cefngwyn," "Cefncoch," the black, white, or red
headland.

When a substantive is attached, it has the _first_ signification; _i.e._ it
is the _back_ of the thing signified by the substantive; such as,
"Cefnllys," the back of the court.

E. L.

_Portrait of Archbishop Williams_ (Vol. iii., p. 8.).--There is a portrait
of this prelate in the library of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster, in
the Cloisters. The greater part of the archbishop's library was given to
this library, but only one volume of it seems to have been preserved. It is
of this library the remark is made in J. Beeverell, _Delices de la Grande
Bretagne_, p. 847., 12mo., 1707:

"Il se trouve dans le cloistre une bibliotheque _publique_, qui s'ouvre
soir et matin pendant les seances des Cours de Justice dans
Westminstre."

[mu].

_Sir Alexander Cumming_ (Vol. iii., p. 39.).--In answer to an inquiry
relative to Sir Alexander Cumming, of Culter, I may refer to the _Scottish
Journal_ (Menzies, Edin. 1848) _of Topography, Antiquities, Traditions,
&c._, vol. ii. p. 254., where an extract from a MS. autobiography of the
baronet is given. The work in which this occurs is little known; but, as a
repertory of much curious and interesting information, deserved a more
extensive circulation than it obtained. It stopped with the second volume,
and is now somewhat scarce, as the unsold copies were disposed of for waste
paper.

_Pater-noster Tackling_ (Vol. iii., p. 89.).--_Pater-noster
fishing-tackle_, so called in the shops, is used to catch fish (perch, for
instance) which take the bait at various distances betwee