No. VI. [A group of figures:--On the right an eastern monarch standing, and in an attitude of command towards a female figure on the left, who is stooping down to put something into the gaping mouth of a dragon, while with her left hand she points towards the king. Behind the woman are three men turning towards the king in attitudes of entreaty.] "BABYLON." [A man and woman kneeling down, with hands raised as in supplication or astonishment.] "DANIEL, XIIII." [A tree with two birds in it. In front of the tree an angel flying downwards; and underneath, a man in the same attitude, holding a vessel shaped like a pitch-kettle in the left hand, and what appears to be a small loaf or cake in the right.] All the above figures are in oriental costume. The date of this cloth _cannot_ be later than about 1720. In each case the pattern is repeated in rows; the alternate rows being reversed so that on whichever side the cloth is turned, half of the patterns have the inscriptions legible. W. S. T. VERMIN, PAYMENTS FOR DESTRUCTION OF. (Vol. iv., pp. 208. 389.) The authority by which churchwardens paid for the destruction of vermin, is by acts of parliament (8 Eliz. cap. 15. and 14 Eliz. cap. 11.), but _not AS churchwardens_; and the payment for vermin out of the _church-rate_ is illegal: but they are _ex officio_ appointed by the statutes quoted, "with six other parishioners," as shown by FRANCISCUS, Vol. iv., p. 389. There can be no doubt, that in course of time this assessment got into desuetude; that churchwardens, being the "distributors," they charged it on the _church-rate_ by way of simplifying the machinery. This, and other duties of churchwardens and other parish officers, many of which have become obsolete, may be seen in Lambard's _Eirenarcha, or Office of the Justice of the Peace_, first published in 1581, which passed through many editions from that date to 1637. The work is commended by Blackstone as deserving the perusal of students. With regard to the old names of vermin, _Glead_ and _Ringteal_ are described by Osbaldiston, in his _Dictionary of Recreation_, as a sort of kite; the latter with whitish feathers about the tail. _Greas'-head_ and _Baggar_ he does not notice. May they not be provincialisms? H. T. ELLACOMBE Clyst St. George. In further illustration of this Query, and of J. EASTWOOD'S reply (p. 389.), may be quoted:--