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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[2'"i S. VII. Feb. 2G. '59. 



Kaphapl plight have envied." Can J. C. J. give 

 me the name of this artist ? S. B. 



Molluscous Animal. — In the Edinburgh Revieiv 

 of January last occurs the following sentence : — 

 " Why should we find in some mountain pools 

 near Killarney a molluscous animal not known 

 elsewhere in the world ? " 



Can you or some kind correspondent, or the 

 writer of the article in question, inform me what 

 the name of the molluscous animal is, and in what 

 mountain pools it has been found ? E. F. 



Biographical Queries. — In addition to those in 

 your last number (p. 148.), I wish to know if any 

 monumental inscription was ever raised to the me- 

 mory of the late Francis Douce, the distinguished 

 antiquary ? A copy of it, if existing, would much 

 oblige. It is well known that the late Mr. Douce 

 left the bulk of his property to two co-legatees, 

 one of whom was the late S. W. Singer, Esq. fi. 



Handlers Messiah. — The following occurs in a 

 notice of Charles Jennens in Hone's Table Book 

 (vol. ii. col. 650.) : — 



" It has been said that he put together the words of 

 Handel's ' Messiah : ' that he had something to do with 

 them is true ; but he had a secretary of the name of Pooley, 

 a poor clergyman, who executed the principal part of the 

 work, and, till now, has obtained no part of the credit." 



Is there any evidence of Jennens having re- 

 ceived assistance in the compilation of the Mes- 

 siah ? Hone does not cite his authority for the 

 statement. W. H. Husk. 



The Bull and Bear of the Stock Exchange. — 

 From the Epigram of Pope upon a Punch Bowl 

 bought in the South-Sea Year for a Club, chased 

 with Jupiter placing Callisto in the Skies, and 

 Europa with the Bull, which runs as follows : — 



" Come, fill the South-Sea Goblet full ; 

 The Gods shall of our Stock take care; 

 Europa pleas'd accepts the Bull, 

 And Jove witb joy puts off the Bear " * 



— we learn that the terms Bull and Bear on the 

 Stock Exchange are at least as old as " the South- 

 Sea Year." is it known how they first origi- 

 nated ? I remember when a boy seeing a seal of 

 a Bull tossing a Bear, beautifully engraved in a 

 cornelian, which belonged to a member of the 

 Stock Exchange, who was one of the party of the 

 Bulls, or those who, looking to the bright side of 

 political affairs, usually speculated for a rise. He 

 lost it, as was supposed, by a dishonest servant. 



J. G. N. 



Jury Law in St. Lucia. — I think that I have 



read somewhere, though I cannot now recollect 



my authority, that in this island, or at any rate in 



[* This epigram was communicated by J. Y. to " N. & 

 Q.," 1st S. ±. 268.] 



one of the West Indies formerly belonging to 

 France, when trial by jury was introduced, the 

 modification was made, that after a certain time 

 spent in deliberation, the jury, if not unanimous, 

 might return a verdict by a majority of eleven to 

 one ; and, after a still longer deliberation, by ten 

 to two. As a change of a similar nature is pro- 

 posed in civil cases in England, it would be very 

 interesting to know if this change has been made, 

 and how it has worked. Perhaps Mr. Bbeem 

 would inform us. E. G. R. 



Riant Jaune Saint Simon, Mem. torn. iii. p. 



65., has the following character of Chamillart : — 



" II ^toit trfes borne, et comme tous les gens de peu 

 d'esprit et de lumiferes, ixha opiniatre, trfes entete, nant 

 jaune avec une douce compassion k qui opposoit des raisons 

 aux siennes, et entiferement incapable de les entendre." 



What is the meaning of the phrase riant jaune f 

 It is not explained in the Dictionnaire de VAca- 

 demie. L. 



[The expression rirejaufie is descriptive of such laugh- 

 ter as is forced, feeble, and perhaps sarcastic. We find 

 no explanation of the phrase in such French Dictionaries 

 as we have consulted; but it is itself employed in ex- 

 plaining other idioms of a similar import. Thus, in 

 Bescherelle, the expressions " rire au bout des dens, ne 

 rire que du bout des dens, que du bout des Ifevres," are 

 explained " rire jaune, rire sans en avoir envie, h contre- 

 coeur." Such laughter, then, as is described b}* rire jaune, 

 is kindred to the " ris force," to the " ris que ne passe pas 

 le noeud de la gorge," and, in a measure, to the " ris 

 amer," and the " rire sardonique " or " sardonien ; " 

 while, on the contrary, the expression rire jaune stands 

 opposed to such phrases as " rire de bon coeur," " rire de 

 tout son coeur," " rire de bonne foi." But the question may 

 be asked, ^' What has yellowness to do with a forced laugh, 

 6r indeed with laughter of any kind ? " Perhaps the idea 

 may have passed into the French language either from 

 the Spanish or from the Italian. In Spanish " amarillo " 

 (yellow) is deemed in some respects, but especially with 

 reference to the face and aspect, a very inauspicious hue. 

 With the swarthy sons of Southern Europe, the wan 

 complexion of death is yellow; so also is the paleness of 

 disease. Viewed in this connexion, " lire jaune " may be 

 regarded as describing what we call " a sickly smile." In 

 Italian, again, giallo, or yellow, especially as applied to 

 the common red wines of the country, is equivalent to 

 sour ; they turn j'ellowish when acescent. According to 

 this view, then, rire jaune would describe the ungenial 

 smile of a sour countenance, the laugh of that kind of per- 

 son whom we call " a man of a vinegar aspect."] 



Quotation. — Diodorus Siculus, 1. ii. 57., in il- 

 lustration of a tropical climate and its perennial 

 fertility, applies two verses, with the usual prefix, 

 " as the poet says," " wcTrep kuI 6 ttoitjt^s frjcrip." 



" "Oxi'r) in' o^vrj yripd<TKei, fiyjKov S' ejri n'^Aw, 

 Aurdp eirl iTTa<j>v\fj (TTa<f>v\iQ, itvkov 5* iirl avKW." 



From what poet does Diodorus quote ? 



J. Emerson Tennent. 

 [The lines are from Homer, Odyss. vii. 120, 121. For 

 'Oxfrj some critics prefer "Oyx"").] 



