"Unneath," signifying _difficult_, _scarcely_, _with difficulty_, occurs so frequently in Spenser, that it is unnecessary to burden your pages with references. It may be remarked, however, that this latter author occasionally employs this word in the sense of _almost_. T. H. DE H. _Snail Gardens_ (Vol. viii., p. 33.).--In very many places on the Continent snails are regularly bred for the table: this is the case at Ulm, Wirtemberg, and various other places. A very lively description of the sale of snails in the Roman market is given by Sir Francis Head. I have collected much interesting information on this point, and shall feel grateful for any farther "Notes" on the subject. SELEUCUS. _Parvise_ (Vol. vii., p. 624.).--Perhaps the following quotation may throw light on your correspondent D. P.'s inquiry respecting this word, in French _Parvis_. It is taken from a _Dictionnaire Universel, contenant généralement tous les mots françois, tant vieux que modernes, &c., par feu Messire Antoine Furetière, Abbé de Chalivoi_, three vols. folio, La Haye et la Rotterdam, 1701: "PARVIS, _s. m._--Place publique qui est ordinairement devant la principale face des grandes Eglises. Le parvis de Nôtre Dame, de Saint Généviève. On le disoit autrefois de toutes les places qui étoient devant les palais, et grandes maisons. Les auteurs Chrétiens appellent le _Parvis des Gentiles_, ce que les Juifs appelloient le _premier Temple_. Il y avoit deux _Parvis_ dans le Temple de Jérusalem; l'un intérieur, qui étoit celui des Prêtres; et l'autre extérieur, qu'on appelloit aussi le _Parvis d'Israël_, ou le _Grand Parvis_.--LE CL. "Quelques-uns disent que ce mot vient de _Paradisus_; d'autres de _parvisium_, qui est un lieu au bas de la nef où l'on tenoit autrefois les petites Ecoles, _à docendo parvis pueris_. Voyez Menage, qui rapporte plusieurs titres curieux en faveur de l'une et de l'autre opinion. D'autres le dérivent de _pervius_, disant qu'on appelloit autrefois _pervis_, une place publique devant un batiment." T. H. DE H. _Humbug_ (Vol. vii., p. 631.).--Allow me to add the following to the list of explanations as to the origin of this word. There appeared in the _Berwick Advertiser_ the following origin of the word _humbug_, and it assuredly is a very feasible one. It may be proper to premise, that the name of _bogue_ is commonly pronounced _bug_ in that district of Scotland formerly called the "Mearns."