Some years since I fell in with that which, after all, is the most wonderful effort of the kind; at least I can conceive of nothing at all equal to it. It is to be found in a poem called [Greek: Poiema Karkinekon], written in ancient Greek by a modern Greek called Ambrosius, printed in Vienna in 1802, and dedicated to the Emperor Alexander. It contains 455 lines, every one of which is literal palindrome. I have some hesitation in giving even a quotation; and yet, notwithstanding the forced character of some of the lines, your readers will not fail to admire the classic elegance of this remarkable composition. "[Greek: Eu Elisabet, Alla t' ebasileue.] [Greek: Elabe ta kaka, kai akaka katebale.] [Greek: Areta pegase de sa ge patera.] [Greek: Somati so phene phene phos itamos.] [Greek: Su de Heros hoios o Rhos hoios hore hedus:] [Greek: Noi su laoi alaoi alusion.] [Greek: Neme ethe laoi toi alethe emen.] [Greek: Su eso ethnei ekei entheos eus.] [Greek: Ho Rhos ele ti su lusiteles oro.] [Greek: Alla ta en noi bale, labon nea t' alla] [Greek: Soter su eso o elee thee leo, hos eus rhetos] [Greek: Son hade sotera idia rhetos edanos.]" CHARLES REED. Paternoster Row. [Footnote 2: Leo was a poet of the twelfth century.] Here is a Palindrome that surrounds a figure of the sun in the mosaic pavement of Sa. Maria del Fiori at Florence: "En giro torte sol ciclos et rotor igne." Could any of your correspondents translate this enigmatical line? MOSAFFUR. E. I. Club. * * * * * Replies to Minor Queries. _The Claymore_ (Vol. viii., p. 365.).--I believe there is no doubt that the true Scottish claymore is the heavy two-handed sword, examples of which are preserved at Dumbarton Castle, and at {521} Hawthornden, and respectively attributed to William Wallace, and to Robert the Bruce. The latter is a very remarkable specimen, the grip being formed either of the tusk of a walrus or of a small elephant, considerably curved; and the guard is constructed of two iron bars, terminated by trefoils, and intersecting each other at right angles. The blade is very ponderous, and shorter than usual in weapons of this description. The claymore of modern times is a broadsword, double or single-edged, and provided with a basket hilt of form peculiar to Scotland, though the idea was probably derived from Spain. Swords with basket hilts were commonly used by the English cavalry in the reigns of Charles I. and II., but they are always of a different type from the Scotch, though affording as complete a protection to the hand. I possess some half-dozen examples, some from Gloucestershire, which are of the times of the civil wars. There are many swords said to have been the property of Oliver Cromwell; one is in the United Service Museum: all that I have seen are of this form. W. J. BERNHARD SMITH. Temple.