Aurati delubra tenent communia templi,
Effigies non una Deis. Sed ferrea Martis
Forma nitet, Venerem magnetica gemma figurat."—Claud. De Magnete.
B. H. C.
Poplar.
Fierce (Vol. viii., p. 125.).—Oxoniensis mentions a peculiar use of the word "fierce." An inhabitant of Staffordshire would have answered him: "I feel quite fierce this morning."
W. Fraser.
Tor-Mohun.
Connexion between the Celtic and Latin Languages (Vol. viii., p. 174.).—Your correspondent M. will find some curious and interesting articles on this subject in vol. ii. of The Scottish Journal, Edinburgh, 1848, p. 129. et infra.
Duncan Mactavish.