An ancient payment is made to the rectors of each parish within the city
of Exeter, called "Dominicals," amounting to 1d. per week from every
householder within the parish. Payments of a similar nature are made in
London, Canterbury, and I believe Worcester. Can any of your numerous
readers state the origin of Dominicals, and give any information
respecting them.
W.R.C.
_Yorkshire Dales_.--A Pedestrian would be much obliged by being informed
if there is any map, guide, or description published, that would serve
as a hand-book to the Dales in the West Riding of Yorkshire, between
Lancashire and Westmoreland.
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TOBACCO IN THE EAST.
In the _Edinburgh Cabinet Library_, vol. iii. p. 383., art. "China," it
is stated that three species of tobacco have been found in India and in
China, under circumstances which can leave no doubt of their being
native plants.
Dr. Bigelow (_American Botany_, 4to., vol. ii. p. 171.) tells us that
_Nicot. fructicosa_ is said to have been cultivated in the East prior to
the discovery of America.
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