The allusion concerning which _Arncliffe_ inquires is explained by the
following passage in _A Thousand Notable Things of Sundarie Sorts, &c._,
printed by John Haviland, MDCXXX.
"Æligus writes, that the quilles or pennes of an Eagle, mixt with the
quilles or pennes of other Fowles or Birds, doth consume or waste them
with their odour, smell or aire."--P. 48.
EDWARD PEACOCK, Jun.
Bottesford Moors.
_Arms of Thompson_ (Vol. v., p. 468.).--It may be interesting perhaps to
JAYTEE to know that I have a book-plate with the arms described: "Per pale,
ardent and sable, a fess embattled between three falcons, countercharged,
belled or." Underneath is engraved, "William Thompson, of Humbleton, in
Yorkshire, Esq., 1708." The crest, a sinister arm in armour, grasping a
broken lance, on a torse of the colours.