The indiscriminate use of the term _forrell_, when describing the cover of a book, is a solecism, I fancy, peculiarly Devonian. Whether a book be bound in cloth, vellum, or morocco, it is all alike _forrell_ in Devonshire parlance. I imagine, however, that the word, in its present corrupt sense, must have originated from _forrell_, a term still used by the trade to designate an inferior kind of vellum {631} or parchment, in which books are not unfrequently bound. When we consider that vellum was at one time in much greater request for bookbinding purposes than it is just now, we shall be at no great loss to reconcile this eccentricity in the vocabulary of our west country brethren. T. HUGHES. Chester. _Humbug_ (Vol. vii., p. 550.).--A recent number of Miller's _Fly Leaves_ makes the following hazardous assertion as to the origin and derivation of the term _Humbug_: "This, now common expression, is a corruption of the word Hamburgh, and originated in the following manner:--During a period when war prevailed on the Continent, so many false reports and lying bulletins were fabricated at Hamburgh, that at length, when any one would signify his disbelief of a statement, he would say, 'You had that from Hamburgh;' and thus, 'That is Hamburgh,' or _Humbug_, became a common expression of incredulity." With all my credulity, I cannot help fancying that this bit of specious _humbug_ is a _leetle_ too far-fetched. T. HUGHES. Chester. _George Miller, D.D._ (Vol. vii., p. 527.).--His Donnellan Lectures were never published. [Greek: Halieus]. Dublin. "_A Letter to a Convocation Man_" (Vol. vii., p. 502.).--Your correspondent W. FRASER may be informed that the "great preacher" for whom he inquires was Archbishop Tillotson. [Greek: Halieus]. [Perhaps our correspondent can reply to another Query from MR. W. FRASER, viz. "Who is the 'certain author' quoted in _A Letter to a Convocation Man_, pp. 24, 25.?"--ED.] _Sheriffs of Huntingdonshire and Cambridgeshire_ (Vol. vii., p. 572.).--This is a very singular Query, inasmuch as Fuller's list of the sheriffs of these counties begins 1st Henry II., and not, as is assumed by your correspondent D., "from the time of Henry VIII." C. H. COOPER. Cambridge. _Ferdinand Mendez Pinto_ (Vol. vii., p. 551.).--INQUIRENS will find the passage he quotes in Congreve's _Love for Love_, Act II. Sc. 5. Foresight, addressing Sir Sampson Legend, says: "Thou modern Mandeville, Ferdinand Mendez Pinto was but a type," &c. In the _Tatler_, No. 254. (a paper ascribed to Addison and Steele conjointly), these veracious travellers are thus pleasantly noticed: