Were not any boat

Better than a lighter?

Why, Maiden, why

So intrusive standing?

Must thou be on the stair,

When he's on the landing?

The Gem.


On a tombstone in the churchyard of Christchurch, Hants, is the following curious inscription, which I copied on the spot. Perhaps some of your numerous readers can explain the same:—

WE WERE NOT SLAYNE BVT RAYSD