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MINOR NOTES:--Burial in an Erect Posture--The Archbishop of Armagh's Cure for the Gout, 1571--The last known Survivor of General Wolfe's Army in Canada--National Methods of applauding--Curious Posthumous Occurrence 5

QUERIES:-- Did Captain Cook first discover the Sandwich Islands? by J. S. Warden 6 Superstition of the Cornish Miners 7

MINOR QUERIES:--Clerical Duel--Pistol--Council of Laodicea, Canon 35.--Pennycomequick, adjoining Plymouth--Park the Antiquary--Honorary D.C.L.'s-- Battle of Villers en Couch?--Dr. Misaubin--Kemble, Willet, and Forbes--Piccalyly--Post-Office about 1770--"Carefully examined and well-authenticated"-- Sir Heister Ryley--Effigies with folded Hands 7

MINOR QUERIES WITH ANSWERS:--Passage in Bishop Horsley--"Marry come up!"--Dover Court-- Porter--Dr. Whitaker's ingenious Earl--Dissimulate 9

REPLIES:-- Bishop Ken, by the Rev. J. H. Markland 10 Bohn's Edition of Hoveden, by James Graves 11 Coleridge's Christabel, by J. S. Warden 11 Its 12 Family of Milton's Widow, by T. Hughes 12 Books of Emblems--Jacob Behmen, by C. Mansfield Ingleby 13 Raffaelle's Sposalizio 14 Windfall 14 Mr. Justice Newton, by the Rev. H. T. Ellacombe and F. Kyffin Lenthall 15

PHOTOGRAPHIC CORRESPONDENCE:--Mr. Lyte's Treatment of Positives--Stereoscopic Angles--Query respecting Mr. Pollock's Process--Gallo-nitrate of Silver 15

REPLIES TO MINOR QUERIES:--Verney Note decyphered--Emblems by John Bunyan--Mr. Cobb's Diary--"Sat cito si sat bene"--Mythe versus Myth--The Gilbert Family--Alexander Clark--Christ's Cross--The Rebellious Prayer--"To the Lords of Convention"-- Wooden Tombs and Effigies--Lord Clarendon and the Tubwoman--House-marks--"Amentium haud amantium"-- The Megatherium in the British Museum--Pictorial Proverbs--"Hurrah," and other War-cries 17

MISCELLANEOUS:-- Notes on Books, &c. 20 Books and Odd Volumes wanted 21 Notices to Correspondents 21 Advertisements 21

Notes.

OBLATION OF A WHITE BULL.

If we are to understand a white bull of the ancient race of wild white cattle, it may be inferred, I suppose, that in some forest in the vicinity of Bury St. Edmund's they had not disappeared in the first half of the sixteenth century. The wild cattle, probably indigenous to the great Caledonian forest, seem to have become extinct in a wild state before the time of Leland, excepting where preserved in certain ancient parks, as Chillingham Park, Northumberland, Gisburne Park in Craven, &c., where they were, and in the former at all events still are, maintained in their original purity of breed. They were preserved on the lands of some abbeys; for instance, by the Abbats of Whalley, Lancashire.

Whitaker mentions Gisburne Park as chiefly remarkable for a herd of wild cattle, descendants of that indigenous race which once roamed in the great forests of Lancashire, and they are said by some other writer to have been originally brought to Gisburne from Whalley after the dissolution. One of the descendants of Robert de Brus, the founder of Gainsborough Priory, is stated by Matthew Paris to have conciliated King John with a present of white cattle. The woods of Chillingham Castle are celebrated at this day for the breed of this remarkable race, by which they are inhabited; and I believe there are three or four other places in which they are preserved.

However, my present object is only to inquire for any other instances of the custom of offering a white bull in honour of a Christian saint. Perhaps some of your correspondents would elucidate this singular oblation.

I am not able to refer to Col. Hamilton Smith's work on the mythology and ancient history of the ox, which may possibly notice this kind of offering.

W. S. G.

Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

NEWSTEAD ABBEY.

And Mr. Ashpitel adds that--

W. S. HASLEDEN.

Few passages in Shakspeare have so often and so ineffectually been "winnowed" as the opening of the beautiful and passionate soliloquy of Juliet, when ardently and impatiently invoking night's return, which was to bring her newly betrothed lover to her arms. It stands thus in the first folio, from which the best quarto differs only in a few unimportant points of orthography:

"Gallop apace, you fiery footed steedes, Towards Phoebus' lodging, such a wagoner As Phaeton should whip you to the wish, And bring in cloudie night immediately. Spred thy close curtaine, Loue-performing night, That run-awayes eyes may wincke, and Romeo Leape to these armes, untalkt of and unseene", &c.

'Spread thy close curtain, love-performing Night! That rude/soon Day's eyes may wink, and Romeo Leap to these arms, untalk'd of and unseen,' &c."

The correctors of MR. COLLIER's folio having substituted--

Every suggestion of MR. DYCE, certainly the most competent of living commentators on Shakspeare, merits attention; but I cannot say that I think he has succeeded in either of his proposed readings.

S. W. SINGER.

Mickleham.

ON THE PASSAGE FROM "KING LEAR."

SAMUEL HICKSON.

P.S.--Since writing the above, I have seen MR. KEIGHTLEY's letter. I hope he will not deprive the readers of "N. & Q." of the benefit of his valuable communications for the offences of one or two. He might consider, first, that his own dignity would suffer least by letting them pass by him "as the idle wind;" and, secondly, that some allowance should be made for gentlemen who engage in controversy on a subject which, strangely enough, next to religion, seems to be most productive of discord.

S. H.

How scriptural is the first part of the passage!

"Let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall."--1 Cor. x. 12.

"He hath said in his heart, Tush, I shall never be cast down; there shall no harm happen unto me."--Ps. x. 6.

The second part is also scriptural:

"My strength is made perfect in weakness."--2 Cor. xii. 9.

"When I am weak then am I strong."--2 Cor. xii. 10.

F. W. J.

MANNERS OF THE IRISH.

The next appears to be a scrap of a woman's song:

"Birch and keyre 'tis wal veyre a spyunyng deye a towme. I am the geyest mayed of all that brought the somer houme. Justice Deyruse in my lopp, and senscal in my roame," &c.

"Sett them a farme--the grandfather, father, son, and they clayme it as their own: if not, they goe to rebellion."

Will any antiquary versed in Celtic customs explain whether this claim of possession grew out of any Celtic usage of tenancy? And also point out authorities bearing upon the customs of Celtic agricultural tenancy?

The next extract bears upon the communication at Vol. vii., p. 332.:

Many of the Irish records having been lost, your correspondent will do an obliging service in pointing out the repository of the discovered roll. Perhaps steps might be taken for its restoration.

H. T. ELLACOMBE.

Rectory, Clyst St. George.

Minor Notes.

CHEVERELLS.

SPES.

"The most venerable patriarch now in Canada is Abraham Miller, who resides in the township of Grey, and is 115 years old. In 1758 he scaled the cliffs of Quebec with General Wolfe, so that his residence in Canada is coincident with British rule in the province. He is attached to the Indians, and lives in all respects like them."

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