A GAME OF SWANS.
[To TWO HOME Or Mr. ••EIrreT■7011...] Sin,—As names of multitude for birds have been given in your journal from time to time, the following extract from The Records of Romsey Abbey may be of interest. In the will of William Rnmsey, of Bieton, dated June 8th. 1545, he wills "My game of swannes to remain to Elizabeth my wyffe during her lyffe and at her decease at the marking time next after to remain to Anne BartiLlmew and Kunegunde Dix and the heirs of their bodies lawfully begotten."—I am, Sir, &c.,
F. 11L M.
PS.—Two mills belonging to the Abbey wore let in 1434 at a rent of 210 Gs. 8d., "together with 450 eels called shaftelynges and 30 large eels called skyteres." It would be interesting to know if these words are still in use. In Scotland the word " skivers" is in use as applied to the long, thin, eel-like strips. of leather used in rough bookbinding, &e.
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