SCOTUS SECUNDUS.

Edinburgh, Nov. 22.

_Bacon Family_ (Vol. ii., p. 247.).--The origin, of this surname is to be

found, I conceive, in the word _Beacon_. The man who had the care of the

_Beacon_ would be called _John_ or _Roger of the Beacon. Beacon Hill_, near

Newark, is pronounced in that locality as if spelt _Bacon Hill_.