"That which Abraham Ortelius reporteth after Gyrald de Cambren is wonderfull, that the bodies of men rot not after their decease, in the isles of Arran; and that therefore they bee not buried, but left in the open ayr, where putrefaction doth them no manner of hurt; whereby the families (not without amazement) doe know their fathers, grandfathers, great-grandfathers, and a long race of their predecessors. Peter Martyr, a Milannois, saith the same of some West Indians of Comagra. These bee his words: 'The Spaniards being entered the lodgings of this Cacick, found a chamber fulle of dead bodies, hanging by ropes of cotton, and asking what superstition that was, they received this answer, That those were the fathers, grandfathers, and great-grandfathers of the Cacick of Comagra. The Indians say that they keep such relikes preciously, and that the ceremonie is one of the points of their religion. According to his qualities while he lived, his bodie, being dead, is richly decked with jewels and precious stones.'" Many other instances might be adduced, but you will now think that at least enough has been said on this subject. WILLIAM BATES. Birmingham. * * * * * VICARS-APOSTOLIC IN ENGLAND. (Vol. vi., pp. 125. 297. 400.; Vol. vii., pp. 242. 243.) Your correspondent A. S. A. seems very anxious to possess a complete list of the vicars-apostolic of England. With their names, and the date of their consecration and death, collected from various sources, I am able to supply him. The last survivor of the Roman Catholic bishops consecrated in England prior to the reign of Elizabeth was Dr. Thomas Watson, appointed bishop of Lincoln in 1557 by Queen Mary, and deprived (on the accession of Elizabeth) in 1559. {309} Upon his death, in 1584, the Catholic clergy in England were left without a head, and the Pope some time after appointed an _arch-priest_, to superintend them, and the following persons filled the office: _Consecrated._ _Died._ 1598. Rev. George Blackwell. -- Rev. George Birkhead 1614. 1615. Rev. George Harrison 1621. On the death of the latter the episcopate was revived by the pope in England, and one bishop was consecrated as head of the English Catholics. _Consecrated._ _Died._ 1623. Dr. William Bishop 1624. 1625. Dr. Richard Smith 1655. 1685. Dr. John Leyburn, with whom, in 1688, Dr. Giffard was associated; but almost immediately after this England was divided into four districts, and the order of succession in each was as follows: _London or Southern District._