_Pallace_ (No. 13. p. 202).--Mr. Halliwell, in his _Dictionary of Archaic, &c. Words_, explains this word as used in Devonshire:--
"_Palace_, a Storehouse."--_Devon_. "At Dartmouth, I am told there are some of these storehouses, called palaces, cut out of the rock, still retaining the name." --_MS Devon. Gloss_.
_Meaning of "Pallace_".--The term "Pallace" (No. 13. p. 202.) is applied in Totnes to denote a landing-place inclosed by walls, but not roofed in. Many of these "pallaces" have been converted into coal-cellars. Perhaps _pales_ may have been used originally to form these inclosures in lieu of walls;--and hence the word "pallace" would mean a place paled in. I find repeated mention made of "pallaces" in a schedule attached to a deed of the Corporation of Totnes, bearing date September 18th, 1719, a copy of which is now before me, and from it the following extracts are taken:--
"One linney and two _pallaces_ or yards."
"All those houses, rooms, cellars, and _pallaces_."
"All that great cellar lately rebuilt, and _the plott of ground or pallace_ thereto belonging lately converted into a cellar."
"All that little cellar and _pallace_ lately rebuilt, and the kay or landing place thereto belonging, and near adjoyning unto and upon the river Dart."
"And the little _pallace_ or _landing-place_."
_Apropos_ of _landing-places_, it may interest some of your readers to learn that the _very stone_ upon which Brutus, the nephew of Æneas, landed at Totnes, still remains! It is inserted in the foot-way nearly opposite the Mayoralty-house in the Fore Street. From Totnes, the neighbouring shore was heretofore called _Totonese_: and the _British History_ tells us, that _Brutus_, the founder of the British nation, arrived here; and _Havillanus_ [John de _Alvilla_ or _Hauteville_, according to Mr. Wright] as a poet, following the same authority, writes thus:--
"Inde dato cursu, _Brutus_ comitatus Achate Gallorum spoliis cumulatis navibus aequor Exarat, et superis auraque faventibus usus, _Littora felices intrat Totonesia portus_."
"From hence great Brute with his Achates steer'd, Full fraught with Gallic spoils their ships appear'd; The Winds and Gods were all at their command, _And happy Totnes shew'd them grateful land_."