To admire a nymph more fair?
If 'tis so, I'll wear the willow,
And esteem the happy pair.
Some lonely cave I'll make my dwelling,
Ne'er more the cares of life pursue;
The lark and Philomel only shall hear me tell,
What bids me bid the world adieu."]

_K. C. B.'s._--I observe that in the _London Gazette_ of January 2, 1815,
which regulates the existing order of the Bath, it is commanded by the
sovereign that "there shall be affixed in the church of St. Peter at
Westminster escutcheons and banners of the arms of each K. C. B." Has this
command been regularly fulfilled on the creation of each K. C. B.? I
believe that on each creation fees are demanded by the Heralds' College,
for the professed purpose of exemplifying the knight's arms, and affixing
his escutcheon; but I never remember to have seen the escutcheons in
Westminster Abbey.

TEWARS.

[The order _never_ was fulfilled. If the knights were entitled to
armorial bearings, no fees whatever were demanded by or paid to the
Heralds' College. The statutes of 1815 were, however, abrogated and
annulled by the statutes of 1847, and the banners are not required to
be suspended in the Abbey. The erection of the banners and plates,
however, rested with the officers of the order, and the Heralds'
College had nothing to do with the matter.]

_Danish and Swedish Ballads._--What are the best and most recent
collections of ancient Danish and Swedish ballad poetry?

J. M. B.

[We believe the best and most recent collection of Danish ballads is
the edition of _Udvalgte Danske Viser fra Middelalderen_, by
Abrahamson, Nyerup, Rabbek, &c., in five small 8vo. volumes,
Copenhagen, 1812. The best Swedish collection was _Svenska Folk-Visor
fran Forteden_, collected and edited by Geijer and Afzelius, and
published at Stockholm, 1814; but the more recent collection published
by Arwidson in 1834 is certainly superior. It is in three octavo
volumes, and is entitled _Svenska Fornsaenger. En Samling of Kaemp-visor,
Folk-visor, Lekar och Dansar, samt Barn- och Vall-Saenger_.]

_Etymology of "Conger."_--What is the etymology of the word _Conger_, as
applied to the larger kind of deep sea eels by our fishermen (who, be it
remarked, never add eel. _Conger-eel_ is entirely used by shore-folk)?

I imagine that it may be traced from the Danish _Kongr_, a king, or kings;
for being