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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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of one of your " Minor Notes." It has been often 

 observed, 1 believe, that in the continuation of sucli 

 resemblance, a generation is not un frequently 

 passed over, and the son is not like the father, but 

 the grandfather. The Note recalled to my mind 

 some powerful lines in a poem, printed more than 

 forty years ago, for private circulation only, which 

 I transcribe, thinking that perhaps you may con- 

 sider them not unsuited to your pages. To esta- 

 blish the relationship of one who claims kindred 

 with another, several proofs are offered, viz. a 

 bracelet, a ring, a letter : but the satisfactory evi- 

 dence is afforded by the family resemblance : — 



" That bracelet with Elmina's hair, 

 That bridal ring which join'd the pair. 

 From Geoffrey, or from Geoffrey's son, 

 By craft or outrage might be won. 

 That letter, where I seem to view 

 Sir Endo's lines precise and true. 

 Of forger's hands the fruit may be. 

 Or penn'd for others, not for thee. 

 But the mild lustre of her eye, 

 Soft as the tint of noontide sky. 

 The grace that once her lips arrayed. 

 Nor force nor fraud could thine have made. 

 The semblance of Elmiiia dead 

 Thus o'er tliy every feature spread. 

 No finger on thy front could trace, 

 ^Th God's handioriting on thy face." 



s. s. s. 



Grimsdyhe (Vol. iv. passim). — Your correspon- 

 dent Nautilus asks if there are any ancient en- 

 trenchments in England known by the name of 

 Orimsdyke, besides the one he mentions in Hants. 

 I have to inform him that one of the most remark- 

 able of the many Celtic and Druidical remains on 

 Dartmoor, in the county of Devon, is Grimspound, 

 "with its dyke or ditch, a small stream running 

 through, or just outside, its circumvallation. He 

 ■will find two very good accounts of it lately pub- 

 lished, one in A Perambulation of the Ancient and 

 Royal Forest of Dartmoor : by Samuel Rowe, 

 M.A., Vicar of Crediton (published by Hamilton, 

 Adams & Co.) ; and another, in a Guide to the 

 Eastern Encampment of Dartmoor, with a Descrip- 

 tive Map (published by Dr. Croker, of South 

 Bovey).* 



There is a good print of Grimspound in Mr. 

 Rowe's book, who describes It as by far the finest 

 and most extraordinary of all the relics of this 

 class. Its situation is on the N.W. slope of 

 Hamel Down, on the borders of the parishes of 

 Manaton (Colonel Hamilton says, Maen-y-dun, 

 the fort or Inclosure of erect stones). North 

 Bovey, and Widdecombe. Dr. Croker says Grims- 

 pound is about 400 feet diameter ; the wall In- 

 closing the area is formed of loose stones (granite), 



* The Guide is published by Holden, Exeter; and 

 Kirkman and Thackray, London. 



several of which are of Immense size : when first 

 erected it appears to have been about twelve feet 

 in height. There are two entrances, N. and S., 

 with evident marks of a pavement. Within are 

 many smaller circles formed by erect stones three 

 feet high, and in general twelve feet in diameter. 

 Wm. Collyns, Surgeon. 

 Kenton, Devon. 



Portraits of Wolfe. — I have by me a print well 

 known by "hearsay" to all the admirers of Ho- 

 garth (though evidently none of his performance), 

 the print of " A living dog Is better than a dead 

 lion." It shows a profile likeness of Wolfe, which 

 certainly corresponds with every other likeness I 

 have seen of him. I never saw any other print of 

 it but that in my possession. 



Now we are upon the subject of Wolfe's por- 

 traits, it may not be amiss to state that In the 

 celebrated print by WooUett, every face there 

 was engraved by the celebrated Ryland ; for this 

 I had the authority of my father, who was ac- 

 quainted with him. B. G. 



Jenings or Jennings Family (Vol. iv., p. 424.). — 

 Mr. Jennings or Jennens (William), of Acton Place, 

 Suffolk, who died at the close of the last century, 

 was a son of Robert Jennens, who served as aide- 

 de-camp to the great Duke of Marlborough. His 

 grandfather Humphrey was settled in Warwick- 

 shire, became an eminent iron manufacturer in 

 Birmingham, and afterwards purchased extensively 

 in Leicestershire. The father of Humphrey was 

 settled for some time at Hales Owen In Shropshire ; 

 but I have reason to believe his family came from 

 Yorkshire, as suggested by A. B. C. of Brighton. 

 The will of Humphrey was dated Feb. 25th, 1651 ; 

 and, as it was proved, may throw some light on 

 bis kindred. Various works touching on the pedi- 

 grees of Yorkshire may also give the querist 

 information, especially Whitaker's Ducatus Leo- 

 diensis and his Leodis and Elmete, Surtees' publi- 

 cations. Part I. for 1836; Cleveland's Cleveland; 

 Davis's York Records ; Hunter's South Yorkshire ; 

 Nichols's Collectanea Topographica et Genealogica, 

 vols. iv. and viii. &c. &c. Doubtless, too, there are 

 local histories of Craven and Ripon which might 

 aid his object ; but If it would justify expense, he 

 should examine the diocesan and parochial regis- 

 tries of York In regard to those localities. Mr. 

 Jennens died at a very advanced age, having been 

 the godson of William III., and afterwards page 

 of George I. He amassed an immense property 

 in lands and stock, much of which is, I believe, 

 unappropriated and yet unclaimed. 



John D'Ax-ton. 



48. Summer Hill, Dublin. 



The Father of Cardinal Pole (Vol. v., p. 105.).-- 

 I. J. H. H. does not state by what authority Sir 

 Richard Pole is styled " a Welsh knight :" and the 

 surmise that this name was a corruption of Powell 



