They also reversed this process, and made an entire sentence from the letters of one word: thus of תשארב, Bereshith, which is the first word of Genesis, they made the sentence [Hebrew] Bârâ-Râkiya-Eretz-Shâmayim-Yâm-Tehomoth (_i.e._ "he created the firmament, the earth, the heavens, the sea, and the deep"). It would, however, be more correctly written [Hebrew]. Vide _Dr. Hook's Church Dictionary_, art. Cabbala. In Arnaud's work on the Vaudois, translated by Acland (Murray, 1825), there is mention made of certain inscribed talismans or preservatives, found on the slain French soldiers of Marshal Catinat, the inscriptions of which are given, and among them is one bearing the legend [+]AGVA[+]BATOME[+]. E. S. TAYLOR. The word "AGLA" mentioned by your correspondent MR. MARTIN as being inscribed on a ring, is mentioned by Reginald Scott in his _Discoverie of Witchcraft_ (1584), as being inscribed on the conjuring knives employed to describe the circles used in calling spirits. He gives a cut of "the fashion or form of the conjuring knife, and the names thereon to be engraved," and on one side is AGLA. E. H. K. According to M. Collin de Plancy, in his _Dictionaire Infernal_, vol. i. p. 34., this word is composed of the four first letters of the following Hebrew words, _Athar_, _gabor leolam_, _Adonai_, "Thou art powerful and eternal, O Lord," and was a cabbalistic word used against evil spirits. A brooch of gold found near Devizes, and set with rubies in the form of the letter [A], and having the word AGLA thereon, was shown at the Winchester meeting of the Archæological Institute by W. Herbert Williams (_Journal_, vol. iii. p. 359.). EDWARD HAILSTONE. COLONIES IN ENGLAND. (Vol. iv., p. 272.) "The inhabitants of Haverfordwest derived their origin from Flanders, and were sent by Henry I. to inhabit these districts; a people brave and robust, ever hostile to the Welsh; a people, I say, well versed in commerce and woollen manufactures; a people anxious to seek gain by sea and land, in defiance of fatigue or danger; a hardy race, equally fitted for the plough and sword; a people brave and happy," &c.--_Giraldus Cambrensis._