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[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—I have received the

subjoined epitaph from an ornitho- logical correspondent, Mr. G. Mann, and have no doubt of its genuineness. It is from the churchyard of Ilfracombe :— "Here lies my wife; There let her lie ;

She is at rest, so am I."

—I am, Sir, ttc.,

Nunburnhohne Rectory, lIayton, York. F. 0. MORRIS.