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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[2«>«iS. N0 73., May23. '57. 



Derivation of the Word " Cotton " (2"'^ S. iii. 

 306.) — "Algodon," the Spanish name for cotton, 

 bears every mark of derivation from th^ Arabic. 

 Al is simply the Arabic article, leaving godon, 

 which is but another form of the Arabic name for 

 cotton, Ivj. This word, in Arabic, is variously 



printed, and sounds, so far as our alphabet will 

 express it, cotno?i, cotonon, or cotonnon, (See Dic- 

 tionary of the Spanish Academy, Diccionario Es- 

 panol Latino- Arahigo, and Golius.) 



The vine, from the downy appearance of its 

 leaves when they first burst forth in spring, in 



Arabic is said at that season to cotton. " Aajj 



(catana) Primordia pampinorum protulit vitis ; 

 quod quasi gossipio tecta " (Golius). The quince 

 may also have acquired its Latin name, cotoneum, 

 from its downy coat. 



The Arabic name for cotton is connected by 

 lexicographers with terms in the Syr., Heb., Chald., 

 Gr., Ethiop., and Sanscr. languages. 



Thomas Boys. 



Tale Wanted (2""^ S. ii. 11.) —In answer to the 

 above Query, and in addition to the Tales sug- 

 gested by Mr. Bates (p. 75.), and by Mb. Dixon 

 (p. 218.), I beg to refer your correspondent to 

 Wilkie Collins's tale of " The Lady of Glenwith 

 Grange," in the 2nd vol. of After Dark. The 

 scene is not laid in Germany ; but Franval, with 

 the brand upon him of " Travaux Forces," is 

 perhaps the character of whom a. /3. had an in- 

 distinct remembrance. F. H. Maude. 



Ipswich. 



Samuel Hales of Chatham (2°'^ S. iii. 291.) — 

 Perhaps the following extract from the pedigree 

 of Hales of Kent, in the British Museum, Add. 

 MS. 5520., may throw some light upon the in- 

 quiry of Finis Coronat Opus : 



Martha, daughter=Edward Hale3=Deborah, daughter and 



of Sir Mathew 

 Carew, relict of 

 Sir James Carew. 



created a ba- 

 ronet in 1611. 



heir of Martin Har- 

 lackenden of Wood- 

 church. Ist wife. 



ohn] 



John Hales=Christian, daughter 

 ob. vita I of Sir J ames Cromer 

 patris. of Tunstall. 



Sir Edward=i .daughter and 



Hales, Bart, co-heir of Thomas 

 Lord Wotton. 



Edward 

 Hale8= 



Samuel Thomas, 

 Hales, S. P. 



S.P. 



Edward= , daughter of John 



Hales. I Evelyn of Deptford. 



Finis Coronat Opus supposes Samuel Hales 

 of Chatham to be the son of an Edward Hales of 

 Chilston, whom he states was the only son of 

 Samuel Hales, the second son of the first Sir 

 Edward. By the above pedigree, however, it 

 would appear that Samuel Hales was the third 

 son, and not the second son, of the first Sir Ed- 

 ward ; and I may add, that in a pedigree of Hales 

 (Add. MS. 5480.) Samuel Hales, although en- 

 tered as the second son, has a note subsequently 



made to his name, to the effect that he was the 

 third son. 



I would suggest that the parish registers at 

 Boughton Malherbe should be searched for the 

 names of the issue of Edward Hales and Eliza- 

 beth Evelyn, which are not given in any pedigree 

 that I have seen. A. Bhent. 



Perhaps the following extracts taken from the 

 Book of Expenses kept by Geo. Glanville, Esq. 

 (brother-in-law to the celebrated John Evelyn), 

 who was on intimate terms with Mr. Edward 

 Hales of Chilston*, may be of interest to your 

 correspondent Finis Coeonat Opus, j 



«169i £ s. d. 



April 2. Payd for going to seeing my 



cousin Hales - - - - 00 02 00 



169§ 



July 4. Frank [servant] to Chilson - 05 00 



Aug. 14. Spent in my Journey to Chilson - 03 14 



„ „ Given to Mary - - - - 00 02 6 



„ „ To James • - - - - 00 01 



Oct. 21. Kent's [the housekeeper] Journey 



to Chilson - - - - 00 10 9 



Dec. 1. Frank's charges from Chilson - 10 00 



1694. 



Nov. 9. Sir The. Hale's man - - - 00 02 G 



169f 



Jan. 3. Betty Hale's Silk Stockins - - 00 12 



„ „ Father Hale's Tobacco - - 00 04 



Jan. 17. Mr. Hale's man for Venison - 5 



Feb. 8. Sir Tho. Hale's man - - - 1 



Mar. 25. Sir Tho. Hale's man - - - 1 6 



June Sir T. H.'s Gardiner - - -020" 



J. C. HOTTEN. 

 Piccadilly. 



Traditions through few Links (2"'^ S. iii. 256.)— 

 In Mecollections of the Table Talk of Samuel 

 Rogers, Moxon, 1856, at p. ^88., mention is made 

 that — 



" Sir George Beaumont, when a young man, was in- 

 troduced at Rome to an old painter, who in his youth had 

 known an old painter who had seen Claude and Gaspar 

 Poussin riding out, in a morning, on mules, and furnislied 

 with palettes, &c., to make sketches in the Campagna." 



J. C. H. 



Piccadilly. 



Painting on Leather (2"'^ S. iii. 229.) — There is 

 a room in the castle of Dunster, near Minehead, 

 Somerset, the walls of which are covered with 

 ancient paintings on leather. W. C. 



* In Evelyn's Diary (ISray's edition, published bj' 

 Hurst & Blackett, 1854) Boughton Malherbe is given as 

 the residence of Mr. Ed. Hales in the Pedigree at the end 

 of Vol. IL, while at p. 4. of the same volume Chilston is 

 mentioned. There are many inaccuracies in this edition. 

 Miss Jane Evelyn is twice made to marry William Glan- 

 ville, while in two other places she marries George Glan- 

 ville. In the Index we are referred to p. 285. [284.] vol. i., 

 for mention of Mr. Glanville, when nothing whatever is 

 said of him there. Mrs. Mary Evelyn died, according to 

 the Pedigree, in 1644 ; in the Diary we are told 1643. It 

 is a pity that this popular edition should coutain so many 

 blunders. 



