"It is generally conceived that the peculiarity, 'and they sewed fig tree leaves together, and made themselves breeches,' belongs exclusively to this Bible, but it is a mistake. The Saxon version of AElfric has, {166} '_and sewed fig-leaves, and worked them_ WEED-BREECH, _or cloaths for the breech._' Wicliffe also translates 'and maden hem _breechis_;' and it is singular that Littleton, in his excellent _Dictionary_, explains _perizomata_, the word used in the Vulgate, by _breeches_. In the manuscript French translation of Petrus Comestor's _Commentary on the Bible_, made by Guiars des Moulins in the 13th century, we have 'Couvertures tout autres-sint comme unnes petites _braies_.'" EDWARD F. RIMBAULT. _Etymology of Mushroom._--In the sixteenth century this word appears generally to have been spelt _Mushrump_. Nares, in his valuable _Glossary_, gives an instance from Marlow's play of _Edward the Second_, 1598; but there is an earlier example in Robert Southwell's _Spirituall Poems_, 1595: "He that high growth on cedars did bestow, Gave also lowly _mushrumps_ leave to growe." It is also spelt _Mushrump_ in Cockeram's _Dictionary_, 1632. These instances may possibly lead to a correct etymology of the word. EDWARD F. RIMBAULT. _Curious Fact in Natural History._--There is in the Brazils a popular superstition to this effect. There is a tree called Japecarga, which is said to grow out of the body of the insect called Cigara. This is a very large tree, and the Cigara is an insect which makes an incessant chirping on the tree, and, as the saying goes, chirps till it bursts. When the insect dies, the tree is said to grow out of it, the roots growing down the legs. My explanation is this: The insect feeds on the seeds of the Japecarga, and occasionally, under advantageous circumstances, some of the seeds germinate, and cause the death of the insect, the tree shooting up through the softest part, the back, and the rootlets making their way down the only outlets, the legs. I wish to know whether any similar fact in Natural History has been noticed, and if not, how is it accounted for, since I can vouch for the skin of the insect having been found with the tree growing out of its back, and the roots growing down through the legs. JOHN MANLEY. Pernambuco. _Hudibras in 1710._--On the back of the oldest register of the parish of Syston, Leicestershire, is the following memorandum:-- "July 19th, 1710. Borrow'd then of Mr. Hesketh _Hudibrass_ in 3 parts, w^{ch} I promise to return upon demand; witness my hand, JOHN KILBY." A pretty strong proof of the value and interest of this work about a century and a half ago. ARUN.