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church at tattoo, and in the day time not to extend their walks to the eastward of the commandant's quarters."
The cellar before mentioned, then, according to Winslow's own account does not mark the site of the priest's house, for it is west of all the points already enumerated, while Winslow states the house was east of the church. Local tradition is in error.
The value of this bit of land in attracting people to the province is incalculable, yet it is in the power of the owners to destroy every vestige of its historic features. It would have been closed to the public this year but for the payment of a certain sum of money. It is to be hoped that this property will pass into the hands of the government, and its preservation be thus assured.
NOTES AND QUERIES.
Questions.
49. Bolted: (Henry V, ii. 2. 137.)—"So finely bolted didst thou seem"—viz. sifted (of flour). It seems that in New Brunswick "the head of the bolt" means "the finest flour." Can any reader explain or illustrate further from the present usage? Dr. Johnson still had bolting-hutch.
S.
50. Can any reader give me some particulars of Captain Robert Baxter, of Digby, N. S., and his early adventures among the pirates of the West Indies? In 1821, I believe, he was master of the brig "Robert," of St. John, and in that year was married to a daughter of Mr. James Reed, of Digby. In what vessel was he when he was taken by the pirates, and in what year was it?
Old Timer.
51. What is the Acadian flag, to which reference is made in the January number of The Magazine?
J. V.