Americ._ lib. i. c. 10. p. 57.
G. William Skyring.
_Error in Meyrick's Ancient Armour_ (No. 17. p. 266.).--In the second
edition of Meyrick's _Armour_, the error pointed out by Mr. Hudson
Turner has not been corrected. The passage is, "Item a gamboised coat
with a rough surface of gold embroidered on the nap of the cloth;" and
with the note, "Like a thicket."
F.C.B.
_Nomade_.--The last Indian mails brought me the following derivation
of the word _Nomade_, in a letter from a friend, who was, when he
wrote, leading a nomade life among the Ryots of Guzerat:--
"Camp, Kulpore, Jan. 30. 1850.
"The natives use [for their tents] a sort of woollen stuff,
about half an inch thick, called 'numbda.' * * * * * * By the
bye, this word 'numbda' is said to be the origin of the word
_nomade_, because the nomade tribes used the same material for
their tents. When I was at school, I used to learn _nomde_,
from [Greek: nemo]."
Melanion.
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