_Iland Chest._--In some wills of Bristol merchants of the latter part of
the 16th century, I have met with the bequest of a chattel called an
_"Iland Chest:"_ thus, ex.g. "Item: to Edmond Poyley I give the Iland
chest in the great chamber wherein his linen was." Mention is made of
the like article in two or three other instances. An explanation of the
word and an account of the kind of chest will much oblige.