_Page 159._--As to the history of the crescent-shaped ornaments on carthorses, 'J.

D.' writes from Dover: 'Anyone who has lived in Spanish countries must be struck on going to East Kent by the gay trappings of the farmers' horses on gala days, in which the national colours of Spain, scarlet and orange yellow, and the "glittering brazen" ornament of the crescent and the cross, so generally prevail.

Their history must date from the introduction of the Flemish breed of horses to this country, showing that as the Moors carried the crescent to Spain, so the Spaniards took it to Flanders, and the Flemings here, whence it has been adopted pretty generally by the farmers of England.' NAMES OF FIELDS.

_Page 176._--'The Conigers is evidently the same as Coningar, a word sometimes occurring in Scottish local nomenclature, and which meant a rabbit-warren--Coniger, Coney-garth.

I know two Coningars in Aberdeenshire, but the meaning of the word is as much forgotten there also .-- H.