[The Bowyer Bible was disposed of, in 1848, in Mrs. Parkes's Club
Subscription.
The name of the gentleman who was so fortunate as to obtain it,
for his subscription of one guinea, is Saxon; a gentleman farmer,
residing near Shepton Mallett in Somersetshire. He received the
Bible in an appropriate cabinet from Mrs. Parkes, who knows
nothing further of its subsequent history.]
_Orloff, Derivation of._--What is the derivation of the word _orloff_,
as applied to the deck of a ship of war? The "orloff deck" is, I
believe, the first lower deck which runs flush frown stem to stern.