Chapter C

_Practice of Scalping among the Scythians, &c_. (Vol. ii., p. 141.).--Your correspondent T.J. will find in Livy, x. 26., that the practice of scalping existed among the Kelts.

"Nec ante ad consules ... famam ejus cladis perlatam, quam in
conspectu fuere Gallorum equites pectoribus equorurn suspensa
gestantes capita, et lanceis infixa ovantesque moris sui
carmine."

W.B.D.

_Gospel Tree_ (Vol. ii., p. 56.).--In reply to W.H.B., I may mention that there is a "Gospel Tree" near Leamington. I do not know of one so called in Gloucestershire.

GRIFFIN.

_Martinet_ (Vol. ii., p. 118.).--There is no doubt the term _martinet_ is derived from the general officer _M. de Martinet_ indicated by MR. C. FORBES, and who was, as Voltaire states, celebrated for having restored and improved the discipline and tactics of the French army; whence very strict officers came to be called _martinets_: but is it also from this restorer of discipline that the name of what we call _cat-o'-nine-tails_ is in French _martinet_? This is rather an interesting Query, considering how severely our neighbours censure our use of that auxiliary to discipline.