_Statute of Limitations abroad_ (Vol. iv., p. 256.).--In this colony, which is governed by the old Dutch law, the time at which prescription prevails is one-third of a century, but some Dutch authorities hold that thirty years is sufficient in personal actions. In Holland there were various charters respecting prescription, such as those of Alkmaar of 1254, Medemblik of 1288, Waterland of 1288, and others; these were cases of possession with the knowledge of the authorities. In Holland immovable property was acquired by prescription, without the knowledge of the authorities, in the third of a century. In Zealand it was twenty years. By the law of the Feudal Court, the period was a third of a century for any property; and in the territory of Voorn, from times of old, and classed among the laws of the year 1519, peaceable possession of any immovable property for thirty years was held good; but there was an exception in favour of minors and absentees. E. H. B. Demerary. _Lines on Crawfurd of Kilbirnie_ (Vol. v., p. 404.).--These lines are evidently merely an adaptation of the well-known epigram on Austria: "Bella gerant alii--tu felix Austria nube, Nam quæ Mars aliis dat tibi regna Venus." S. L. P. _Swearing on a Skull_ (Vol. v., p. 485.).--In the "Historical Memoirs of the Clan McGregor," prefixed to the _Life of Rob Roy_, by K. Macleay, M.D., Glasgow, 1818, is the following story:--On the arrival of Anne of Denmark in Scotland, {547} immediately after her marriage to James VI., the king ordered Lord Drummond of Perth, who was "principal forester of Glenartney," to provide venison for a feast. His deputy, Drummond of Drummondernoch, found in the forest some trespassers of clan Donald of Glenco, whose ears he cropped and let them go. The Macdonalds, however, returned with others of their clan, killed Drummond, and cut off his head. The atrocious acts of barbarism which followed need not be told here. They ultimately took the head with them, and proceeded to Balquhidder, among their friends the McGregors, whose conduct is best described in the words of the king's proclamation against their clan, which, after denouncing the "manifest reifs, and stouths" committed by them, and the murder of Drummond, proceeds thus: "Likeas after ye murther committed, ye authors yrof cutted aff ye said umqll Jo. Drummond's head, and carried the same to the Laird of McGregor, who, and his haill surname of McGregors, purposely conveined upon the next Sunday yrafter, at the kirk of Buchquhidder; qr they caused ye said umqll John's head be pnted to them, and yr avowing ye sd murder, laid yr hands upon the pow, and in Ethnic and barbarous manner, swear to defend ye authors of ye sd murder." HENRY G. TOMKINS. Weston super Mare. _Rhymes on Places_ (Vol. v., pp. 293. 374. 500.).--Roger Gale, in a letter dated August 17, 1739, states that he saw the following lines in a window at Belford (between Newcastle and Berwick):