[Footnote 9: Vide the _Correspondence of John Ray_. Edited by Edwin Lankester, M.D. London, 1848, pp. 65, 66.] Under a separate heading, perhaps you will also indulge me with a Query as to the coat of arms, under the portrait by Bathon, 1760, after W. Hibbart, of Joannes Rajus, A.M., prefixed to Dr. Derham's _Life of John Ray_, published by George Scott, M.A. and F.R.S.: London, 1760. The shield is, gules, on a fesse, between three crescents, three cross crosslets. Is it inferable that that coat was ever borne by patent or admissible prescriptive right, by any of his ancestors? Several families in the north of England, whence his father came, also have registered in respectable armories crescents against their names. The poor origin of John Ray is obviated, in some degree, by what is said in a Life of him, published in _The Portrait Gallery of British Worthies_, by Charles Knight. I suppose he himself used the armorials in question, and was related to the family of nearly the same name, bearing crescents, viz. Reay. The glasses of some of your correspondents may assist one more shortsighted than themselves. H. W. G. R., Presbyter, and Member of the Ray Society. 1. Mead Place, Derby, Aug. 2. 1851. I beg leave to correct a remark of W. S. W***. as to _Tiverton_, Devon, which was never pronounced _Terton_; it is Twiverton, near Bath, which is pronounced _Twerton_. S. S. _"Whig" and "Tory"_ (Vol. iv., p. 57.).--The name "Whig" is derived from the Celtic _ugham_, a sort of large saddle, with bags attached to it, in use among the freebooters of the borders of Scotland: hence those robbers were known to the Highlanders by the name of _Whiggam-more_, or "big-saddle thieves;" and when the Civil War broke out, the Highlanders and Irish, who supported the king, called themselves _a taobh Righ_, _i. e._ "the king's party," and gave the name of _Whiggamore thieves_ to their opponents. _Whiggammore_ and _taobh Righ_ soon became shortened to _Whig_ and _Tory_, and in aftertimes served to distinguish the supporters of the rival houses of Hanover and Stuart. The modern signification of the terms is different, _Whig_ being taken to mean "liberal," and _Tory_ "exclusive." FRAS. CROSSLEY. _Planets of the Months_ (Vol. iv., p. 23.).--I do not understand this Query. What is meant by "planets for the months?" There are twelve months, and in common parlance only seven planets. Nor do I see what is meant by "precious stones symbolizing _those_ planets." In heraldry, the arms of sovereigns and royal personages are blazoned by the names of the sun, moon, and planets, for colours, as those of noblemen are by precious stones. If this is what is asked after, the following table will explain it:--