_Spelling of Britannia, &c._ (Vol. iii., pp. 275. 463.).--I believe that there is no mistake as supposed in the inscription on the Geo. III. shilling. The double "T" is expressive of the plural "Britt." for "Britanniarum". Have we not many similar instances, _e. g._ "codd." for "codices," "libb." for "libri;" or, one of every-day occurrence, "pp." for "pages?" W. M. N. _Fossil Elk of Ireland_ (Vol. ii., p. 494.; Vol. iii., pp. 26. 121. 212.).--W. R. C. (a Subscriber) will find some very interesting accounts of this creature in Boate and Molyneux's _Natural History of Ireland_, p. 137.; and in an excellent paper by Dr. Cane, in the _Transactions of the Kilkenny Archæological Society for the Year 1850_, where several works containing accounts of the animal are referred to. An interesting memoir by Dr. Hibbert on the discovery of the _Megaceros Hibernicus_, or fossil elk, in the Isle of Man, will be found in the fifth number of the _Edinburgh Journal of Science_, published in 1826.[1] [Footnote 1: _Errata._--Query, should not the word "Rochenon," in Vol. i., p. 380. col. 1., be "Rosbercon?" and should not "D. H. M‛Carthy," in Vol. ii., p. 348. col. 1., be "D. F. M‛Carthy" (Denis Florence M‛Carthy)? Such errors, however trifling they may now appear, may hereafter confuse.] R. H. _"In Time the Bull," &c._ (Vol. iii., p. 388.).--The quotation-- "In time the bull is brought to bear the yoke," seems to be from Ovid, _Tristia_, iv. 6. 1.: "Tempore ruricolæ patiens fit taurus aratri;" or _Ar. Am._ i. 471.: "Tempore difficiles veniunt ad aratra juvenci." P. J. F. G. Cambridge, May 22. 1851. [N. B., E. C. H., and several other correspondents, have furnished similar references to Ovid.] _Baldrock_ (Vol. iii., pp. 328. 435.).--MR. CHADWICK'S quotations on this word are very opportune, and useful by way of illustration, and for elucidating the meaning of the word. I will endeavour to explain this part of bell gear, and the purpose for which it was used. _Baldrock_ (_sic_) is probably the patois of a locality for _bawdrick_, which means a belt, or the leather strap and other appurtenances of the upper part of the clapper, by which it was suspended from the crown staple. In old _black-letter_ bells (if one may use the term) the upper part of the clapper was shaped like a stirrup, through which a strap of stout leather, often doubled, was passed; but between this and the staple a piece of hard wood of like width was inserted, and fitted to work on the round part of the crown staple. Through this leather and wood an iron pin was passed; and all was fastened together, and kept stiff in place, by a curiously cut piece of tough wood, called a _busk-board_, one end of which was tied round the stem of the clapper. I have seen many such. There was one at Swanswich next Bath: but without a sketch it is difficult to explain. I will enclose a sketch, to be used at the Editor's discretion.