Largo House, Fife, July 30. 1851.
Replies to Minor Queries.
_Inscription on an old Board_ (Vol. iii., p. 240.).--I would suggest
that the 31st chapter of Genesis may solve this riddle. We have in the
latter part of that chapter the account of a covenant entered into
between Jacob and Laban, and we are there told that a pillar was erected
as a witness between them of this covenant; Jacob calling it Galeed,
also Mizpah. May not the inscription on the board be a token of some
covenant of the same kind; and may it not have been placed on a pillar,
or on some conspicuous place on the exterior of the house, or over the
mantel in some room of the house (this latter being suggested in the
article describing the board)? If I am correct, the name of the person
who did "indite" the inscription should be one which, if not spelt
exactly like Galeed or Mizpah, would in sound resemble the one or the
other.