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Viii IKTRODUCnOK. JolUfTe, of the Bojal Moriae light Infantry, was submitted to me. This contained a laige number of words which certainlj had no rela- tion to the dialect of the county. But from it I extracted many words and phrases in use in South Hampshire. These are marked J. The names of plants have been supplied by Mr. John Britten. His contributions are marked J. B. Of the pubUshed sources from which words in the following Glossary have been derived, that by Edward Lisle, of Crux Easton, on the Korth-Westem border of the county, is interesting, as being, I believe, the first attempt to record and preserve the Hampshire Dialect To the octavo edition of hia Obseroattons an Husbandry ^ published in 1757, is appended a Glossary of Hampshire Words ; and the body of the work contains several terms used in agricultare in the county, which he has not noted in his Glossary. In the lapse of more than a century and a quarter, some of the words noted by him have become rare. The words derived from his book, are distinguished by his name — Lisle. The other published authorities are quoted in full ; and are enumerated in the bibliographical list subjoined to this introduction. I have inserted the words of (what may be called) the language of St. Mary's College, Winchester. This may, indeed, be said not to be Hampshire Dialect ; but the school has been now close upon five centuries connected with the county, and situated in it; it was founded by a Hampshire man; and the school language has been formed in the county. All these facts seem to give it a claim to have its words inserted in any Glossary professing to contain all Hampshire words. The late Charles Kingsley, in the interest which he took in everything relating to his people at Eversley, had paid much atten- tion to their dialect. And he not only gave me many words, but had often conversed with me on the dialect generally. Mr. Frederick Marshall's intimate acquaintance with the people of Eversley and its neighbourhood has enabled him to supply me with many words not previously known to me ; and he has kindly helped mo to the exact definition of words and phrases of whose meaning I was doubtful.