_Port_, in Gaelic, signifies an air, either sung or played upon an instrument. Mr. Tytler correctly describes this species of composition as of the plaintive strain, and _modulated for the harp_. All the existing specimens answer to this character. The _Ports_ which are contained in the above-named MSS., are named as follows: "Rory Dall's Port," "Port Ballangowne," "Jean Lindsay's Port," &c. It may be necessary to say, that these tunes are written in an obsolete notation called _tablature_. Translations, however, are in my possession, and if E. N. wishes for copies, he is quite welcome to have them if he will favour me with a communication. EDWARD F. RIMBAULT. 29. St. Mark's Crescent, Regent's Park. _Periwinkle_ (Vol. i., p. 77.).--The following note, from Withering's _Arrangement of British Plants_, vol. ii. p. 341. ed. 1830, will perhaps be acceptable to MELANION:-- "VINCA. PERIWINKLE. (From _vincio_, to bind; its runners trailing round other plants. Or to those who prefer a more interesting association, we would intimate that of such was formed in ancient times the bridal zone, which none but the bridegroom was privileged to untie. In modern Italy it is said to be appropriated to a far different usage, that of enwreathing deceased infants; and is hence called _Fior di Morto_.--E.)" W. R. DEERE SALMON. _Erasmus' Paraphrase_ (Vol. i., p. 172.).--If it be allowable to answer one's own Query, and not too late to go back to Vol. i., I should like to notice that the fragment therein referred to corresponds, as far as it goes, with an edition "Empriented in Flete Strete the last daie of Januarie, Anno Domini, 1548," by Edward Whitchurch, and is no doubt part of that edition. In the Churchwardens' Accounts for this parish it is thus mentioned: "1589. It[=m], pd. to Mr Vicar w'ch he layde downe for ye Englyshe Paraphrase of Erasmus ijs. "It[=m], chaynes for two bookes xijd. "It[=m], spent at chayninge ye same ijd." J. EASTWOOD. Ecclesfield Hall. "_Black Gowns and Red Coats_" (Vol. v., p. 297.).--I am not aware that it was ever any secret, or, at any rate, that there is any occasion to make it so now, that the satire _Black Gowns and Red Coats_ was the production of George Cox, M.A., and Fellow of New College, Oxford; neither did I ever hear of its suppression. The satire is certainly somewhat severe; but even those who fell under its lash could scarcely deny its great ability, or the high poetical talent which it evinced. Such as knew the marvellous promise of his youth can never cease to lament that it pleased God to bring the author's life to a premature and unhappy close. I have a copy of the little book, which I would gladly _lend_ to any one making a proper application through the publisher. C. W. B.