"Before these three castles were built, there were, between Deal and Walmer Castle, two eminences of earth, called 'The Great and Little Bulwark;' and another, between the north end of Deal and Sandwich Castle (all of which are now remaining): and there was probably one about the middle of the town, and others on the spots where the castles were erected. They had embrasures for guns, and together formed a defensive line of batteries along that part of the coast," &c. To the new building of these castles Leland alludes, in his _Cygnea Cantio_: "Jactat Dela novas celebris arces Notus Caesareis locus trophaeis."--Ver. 565. There are clear remains of a Roman entrenchment close to Walmer Castle. (See _Hasted_, vol. iv. p. 162., notes.) Any of your correspondents who could give me any information tending to show that an old fortification had existed on the site of Walmer Castle, previous to the erection of the present edifice--or even _almost_ upon the same site--would do me a very great kindness if he would communicate it, through the columns of "N. & Q.," or by a private letter sent to the Editor. C. WAYMOR. * * * * * SCOTCHMEN IN POLAND. Can any of your readers throw any light on this passage in Dr. Johnson's _Life of Sir John Denham_? "He [Sir John Denham] now resided in France, as one of the followers of the exiled king; and, to divert {476} the melancholy of their condition, was sometimes enjoined by his master to write occasional verses; one of which amusements was probably his ode or song upon the Embassy to Poland, by which he and Lord Crofts procured a contribution of ten thousand pounds from the Scotch, that wandered over that kingdom. Poland was at that time very much frequented by itinerant traders, who, in a country of very little commerce and of great extent, where every man resided on his own estate, contributed very much to the accommodation of life, by bringing to every man's house those little necessaries which it was very inconvenient to want, and very troublesome to fetch. I have formerly read, without much reflection, of the multitude of Scotchmen that travelled with their wares in Poland; and that their numbers were not small, the success of this negociation gives sufficient evidence." The title of Denham's poem is "On my Lord Crofts' and my journey into Poland, from whence we brought 10,000l. for his Majesty by the decimation of his Scottish subjects there." PETER CUNNINGHAM. * * * * * BISHOP JUXON AND WALTON'S POLYGLOTT BIBLE. In the library at this island, which formerly belonged to the Knights of Malta, there is an edition of Walton's Polyglott Bible, which was published in London in 1657. This work is in a most perfect state of preservation.