"The small-pox has been a frequent visitor of Bury in its most terrible forms. In 1677, says Gillingwater (_Hist. Bury_, 226.), it was so prevalent that the people resorting to the market by the Rislygate Road, were accustomed to dip their money in water (tradition says vinegar) which had been placed in _the cavity of the ruined base of the boundary cross_ situate at the bottom of Chalk Lane, with the view of preventing any infection being conveyed to the neighbouring towns and villages." My attention has been frequently called to a stone of similar description standing in the parish of Stuston in this county, by the side of the Ipswich and Norwich turnpike; it is called in Kirby's _Suffolk Traveller_, 1st ed. pp. 52-3., a "Stuston Stone" and "The White Stone," and is nearly equidistant from Diss and Eye, between two and three miles. J. B. COLMAN. _Melody of the Dying Swan_ (Vol. ii., p. 476., footnote; Vol. v., p. 187.).-- "Sed neque Cygni canunt," says Leland, in his _Cygnea Cantio_, "nisi flante zephyro vento geniali quidem illo, si quicquam Æliani judicio tribuendum." In the work itself, which is a poetical panegyric on King Henry VIII., the following lines occur: "Strepitum dedit sonorum Cygnorum niveus chorus canentûm, Concussis alacri vigore pennis. Applausus placuit mihi canorus." The last line, however, seems only to apply to the applauding sound of the wings, and not to intimate that any music was produced by them. C. I. R. _Cimmerii_ (Vol. v., p. 188.).--The belief that the Cymry are descended from Gomer can prove very little as to the restlessness of those who hold it; and if it is making progress, the opinion must be supported by probability: consequently a mere denial will not dispel the illusion. Authors quite as remarkable for their matter-of-fact opinions as A. N. may be, have not rejected the connexion of the Cymry with Gomer. For instance, Volney, in his attacks on Scripture history, when examining Gen. x. on Gomer, adopts an argument in support of this paternity, though not in its Biblical sense, viewing Gomer as a chief. As it is not an unusual circumstance for a nation to adopt the name of its patriarch or founder (and on this point I would refer to a note to Gibbon's _Decline_, chap. lxiv.), I trust I shall be excused for believing myself descended from Gomer, until decided evidence is adduced that I am not. Pompeius Festus I am unacquainted with; but on consulting Plutarch, in Mario, the following contradictory statements may be seen: "The Germans called banditti _Cimbri_;" and, "Hence, therefore, these barbarians who came into Italy first issued; being anciently called _Cimmerii_, and afterwards _Cimbri_, and the appellation was _not at all from their manners_."