It is well known that this village suffered most severely from the plague; and the inhabitants still revere the memory of their pastor Mr. Nompesson, who nobly refused to desert his flock in the hour of danger, and fell a sacrifice to his devotion. I became acquainted with these stones some years {572} ago, when on tour through Derbyshire, and, if I remember rightly, they are about two and a half feet high, one foot and a half in diameter, with a hollow place on the top like a dish, in which we were told the money of the "plague village" people was placed for the food, &c. that was brought to this boundary line by the people of the neighbourhood. The cavity in the stone was of course full of water. J. G. C. _Ramasshed_ (Vol. iii., p. 347.).--The Fr. _ramas_ (as also _ramon_) is "_boughs_ formed into a _besom_ or broom," Fr. _rameau_, from the Lat. _ramus_. To _ramass_ or _ramash_ is "to put or sweep together, as with a broom." Thus, Hackluyt, in his Preface to the Reader, speaks of volumes "most untruly and unprofitablie _ramassed_ or hurled to." To _ramassh_ is also "to use a _ramas_ or a construction of ram_asses_" (in the case of Syr R. Guyldford) as a vehicle for conveyance. The sleds first used for carrying travellers safely down steep hills were probably composed of bough-hurdles, afterwards transformed into barrows and other more convenient carriages. Q. _Yankee Doodle_ (Vol. iv., pp. 344. 392.).--The citizens of the United States do not recognise this, but "Hail, Columbia," as their national air. W. T. M. Hong Kong. _"Chords that vibrate," &c._ (Vol. v., p. 539.).-- "Chords that vibrate sweetest pleasure, Thrill the deepest notes of woe." "On Sensibility. To Mrs. Dunlop, of Dunlop." Burns's _Poems_, ed. 1800, vol. iv. p. 404. EDW. HAWKINS. _Derivation of Martinique_ (Vol. v., pp. 11. 165.).--MR. PHILIP S. KING's statement, that Martinique was discovered on St. Martin's day, is at variance with the account given by the historian of that island, who says that it was discovered on the 15th June, 1502, during Columbus's fourth voyage. The derivation of _Martinique_ from _Martin_ suggests itself so obviously, that, if the discovery had been made on the day (November 11) consecrated to that saint, it is not likely that the local historian would have gone out of his way to fix upon a Caribbean expression, _Martinina_, as the origin of the name. HENRY H. BREEN. St. Lucia. _Anthony Babington_ (Vol. v., p. 344.).--W. Kempe, the author of the _Dutiful Invective_, must not be confounded (as is frequently the case) with William Kempe the celebrated actor, and the reputed author of Kemp's _Nine Daies Wonder_. The first-named Kempe was probably a schoolmaster at Plymouth. See the Rev. A. Dyce's Introduction to his reprint of the _Nine Daies Wonder_ (Camden Society, No. 11.).