Meaning of Dray (Vol. iv., p. 209.).
—Dray is a squirrel's nest.
"A boy has taken three little young squirrels in their nest or drey."—White's Selborne, p. 333. Bohn's edition.
To which is appended the following note:—
"The squirrel's nest is not only called a drey in Hampshire, but also in other counties; in Suffolk it is called a bay. The word drey, though now provincial, I have met with in some of our old writers."—Mitford.
PANTAGRUEL.
Tregonwell Frampton (Vol. iv., p. 474.; Vol. v., p. 16.).
—In the History of the British Turf, by James Christie Whyte, Esq. (London, Colburn, 2 vols. 8vo. 1840), T. R. W. will meet with a sketch of the life of Mr. Frampton, together with an inquiry into the truth of the well known anecdote respecting his cruelty to his horse Dragon. Mr. Chafin, in his Anecdotes of Cranbourne Chase (London, 1818), p. 47., refers to him, and prints one or two curious original letters from him. Mr. Whyte illustrates his first volume by a portrait of Mr. Frampton.
CRANMORE.