[Sir Harris Nicolas says: "The allusion is to a work which had appeared three years before: The English Gusman; or, the History of that unparalleled Thief, James Hind, written by G. F. [George Fidge] 4to., London, 1652. Hind appears to have been the greatest thief of his age; the son of a saddler at Chipping Norton, and apprenticed to a butcher. In the rebellion he attached himself to the royal cause, and was actively engaged in the battles of Worcester and Warrington. In 1651, he was arrested by order of parliament, under the name of Brown, 'at one Denzy's, a barber over against St. Dunstan's Church, Fleet Street;' which circumstance may have introduced him to Walton's notice."—Ed.]
Radish Feast.—I copied the following from the north door of St. Ebbe's Church, Oxford. Can any of your correspondents explain the origin and meaning of this feast?
"St. Ebbe's Parish.
"The annual meeting for the election of Church-wardens for this Parish will be held in the vestry of the Parish Church on Easter Tuesday, at 4 o'clock in the afternoon.
"Wm. Brunner,
"Wm. Fisher,Churchwardens. "Dated 10 April, 1852.
"The Radish Feast will be at the Bull Inn, New Street, immediately after the Vestry."
| "Wm. Brunner, "Wm. Fisher, | Churchwardens. |
R. R. Rowe.
Cambridge.
What Kind of Drink is Whit?—In going over the famous old mansion Cothele, near Tavistock, the other day, I saw, among other primæval crockery, three pot-bellied jugs, two of which were inscribed "Sack, 1646;" and the third, a smaller one, "Whit, 1646." What kind of drink is whit?
W. G. C.
"Felix natu," &c.—