"What does not fade? The tower which long has stood
The crash of tempests, and the warring winds,
Shook by the sure but slow destroyer, Time,
Now hangs in doubtful ruins o'er its base,"
&c. &c.
A. F. B.
Meaning of "Lane," &c.—By what process of development could the Anglo-Saxon laen (i. e. the English word lane, and the Scottish loaning) have obtained its present meaning, which answers to that of the limes of the Roman agrimensores?
What is considered to be the English measurement of the Roman juger, and the authorities for such measurement?
What is the measurement of the Anglo-Saxon hyde, and the authorities for such measurement?
H.