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_Salt ad Montem_ (No. 24. p. 384.) _as meaning Money_.--_Salt_ is
an old metaphor for money, cash, pay; derived, says Arbuthnot, from
_salt's_ being part of the pay of the Roman soldiers; hence _salarium,
salary_, and the levying contributions at _Salt_ Hill. Your Querist
will find several explanations of the Eton Montem in the _Gentleman's
Magazine_; and a special account of the ceremony, its origin and
circumstances, in Lyson's _Mag. Brit._ i. 557.