_Lake of Geneva_ (Vol. vii. p. 406.).--The account given in the _Chronicle of Marius_ of what is called "an earthquake or landslip in the valley of the {510} Upper Rhone," is evidently that of a sudden _debacle_ destructive of life and property, but not such as to effect any permanent change in the configuration of the country. That an antiquary like Montfaucon should have fallen into the blunder of supposing that the Lacus Lemanus was then formed, may well excite surprise. The breadth of the new-formed lake, as given by Marius, is impossible, as the mountains in the valley are scarcely anywhere more than a mile apart. The valley of the Upper Rhone is liable to such _debacles_, and one which would fill it might be called a lake, although of short duration. Having witnessed the effects of the _debacle_ of 1818 a few weeks after it happened, I can easily understand how such a one as that described by Marius should have produced the effects attributed to it, and yet have left no traces of its action after the lapse of centuries. J. S. Athenaeum. _"Inter cuncta micans," &c._ (Vol. vi., p. 413.).--In a small work, _Lives of Eminent Saxons_, part i. p. 104., the above lines are ascribed to Aldhelm, and a translation by Mr. Boyd is subjoined. To Aldhelm also are attributed the lines so often alluded to in "N. & Q.," "Roma tibi subito," &c. B. H. C. _"Its"_ (Vol. vi., p. 509.; Vol. vii., p. 160.).--As the proposer of the question on this word, so kindly replied to by MR. KEIGHTLEY, may I give two instances of its use from the Old Version of the Psalms? "Which in due season bringeth forth _its_ fruit abundantly."--Ps. i. 3. "Thou didst prepare first a place, and set _its_ roots so fast."--Ps. lxxx. 10. The American _Bibliotheca Sacra_ for October 1851, p. 735., says (speaking of the time when the authorised version of the Scriptures was executed), "the genitive _its_ was not then in use;" which is disproved by the quotations already given. B. H. C.