Sept. 15. 1855.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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both eyes would have no better effect, since precisely the 

 same picture would be taken into each eye. 



Thomas Rose. 

 Glasgow. 



^tpliti to Minav ^xitviei. 



The Burning of the Jesuitical Books (Vol. xli., 

 p. 151.). — Your correspondent Eric, by inadver- 

 tently, perhaps ingeniously, employing parentheses 

 instead of brackets, makes it appear that I am 

 guilty of the nonsense of saying, that " Bifrons, in 

 his real character (of Junius) felt an interest in 

 the fate of the Jesuits." Junius (known under 

 that name only) was no more a real character than 

 Bifrons was. My meaning, I think, was plain 

 enough to any one who wished to understand it ; 

 namely, that Bifrons in his real character (of 

 Chesterfield) felt more interest in the fate of the 

 Jesuits than perhaps any one of his cotemporaries. 

 This is proved by the testimony of Dr. Maty, in 

 his Memoir of Chesterfield, as well as by the fre- 

 quent mention of the Jesuits in the Chesterfield 

 Correspondence. The observation had no refer- 

 ence whatever to Chesterfield's subsequent letters 

 under the signature of Junius. 



As to the note, p. 185., of Junius Discovered, it 

 cannot be necessary to go back as far as the year 

 1766 for the origin of Junius's "unappeasable 

 wrath" against the Duke of Grafton, since it has 

 been clearly shown that, during the year 1767, the 

 wrath of Junius ivas not against the Duke of 

 Grafton, hut against Lord Chatham ; and that it 

 was not until Lord Chesterfield discovered that 

 the Duke of Grafton had deceived him, that he 

 transferred his indignation from Lord Chatham to 

 the Duke of Grafton, whose secretary, Bradshaw, 

 in 1768, filled the seat in Parliament that had 

 been promised to Lord Chesterfield for his son. 

 With this key, Bifrons' letter, and the reference 

 to the "sound casuistry" of the Jesuits in their 

 chapter on " promises," is perfectly intelligible. 



William Cramp. 



Man in the Iron Mash (Vol. xi., p. 504. ; 

 Vol. xii., p. 94.). — While having the pleasure of 

 addressing you, I may observe that in a recent 

 Number I perceived some questions asked by a 

 correspondent relative to the Man with the Iron 

 Mask. Von Hammer, in his History of the Otto- 

 man Empire, asserts that this celebrated historical 

 personage was the Greek Patriarch Avedick (or 

 Arwedicks), who was carried off mysteriously and 

 forcibly from one of the Levantine Islands, by a 

 French vessel, at the instigation of Ferriol, the 

 French ambassador. The account is in vol. xiii. 

 of De Hellert's French translation of Von 

 Hammer's enormous work of eighteen large vo- 

 lumes. If your correspondent, who recently asked 

 the questions above alluded to, should not know 

 where to consult Von Hammer's Historti, I shall 



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be happy to transcribe the passages relating to the 

 Man with the Iron Mask. 



George W. M. Reinolds. 

 Gothic House, Heme Bay. 



Anticipated Inventions (Vol. xi., p. 504.). — 

 Possibly Professor De Morgan, who mentions 

 the works of Van Etten and others, may not have 

 met with a somewhat similar work, of which I 

 have a copy. It is a small, tolerably thick quarto, 

 in German. The title begins Delicice Physico' 

 Mathemaiicw, Sfc, bears the name of " Daniel 

 Schwenter," and date " 1636." In the Register 

 der Authorum are found the names of Aaron, 

 Abel, Abraham, David, Goliath, Hercules, Jubal, 

 Julius Cfesar, Noah, &c., so that altogether the 

 book may, I think, be considered a curiosity. 

 The original of many a modern invention appears 

 to be contained in it. For instance, the centri- 

 fugal pump, the diving dress and bell ; and had 

 the great discovery of Oersted been then made, 

 the electric telegraph also, a plan (though an im- 

 possible one) being suggested for holding con- 

 versation at a distance by means of " two magnetic 

 needles." A part of the work treats on curious 

 problems in arithmetic and geometry, optics, me- 

 chanics, acoustics, legerdemain, &c. It bears, 

 indeed, a close resemblance to the Recreations of 

 Ozanam. N. S. Heincken. 



Sidmouth. 



Trees, their Age (Vol. vii., pp. 193. 257.).— 



" A giant tree, which grew in a forest in Calaveras 

 county, California, which has been named by botanists the 

 Washingtonia Gigantea, measured, when standing, 363 feet 

 from base to top. Its greatest diameter is 31 feet at the 

 base, and lo^ feet at the distance of 116 feet from the 

 roots. It was cut and shipped to New York by two en- 

 terprising young men, at an expense of 400Z. It is of the 

 cedar or cypress species ; and Professor Winslow, of San 

 Francisco, estimates its age at three thousand years." — 

 New York Mirror. 



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Malta. 



Tlie four Lions of Wales (Vol. xii., p. 33.). — 

 The late exploits of the 23rd Foot, or Welsh Fu- 

 sileers, and the development of the great mineral 

 wealth of the Principality, justly entitle it to the 

 restoration of the four lions to the fourth quarter 

 of the royal escutcheon (instead of the repetition 

 uselessly of England as now borne), as it appears 

 on the great seal of Queen Elizabeth, that high- 

 spirited Tudor. Surely a proper representation 

 from the Welsh people, or ancient Britons, would 

 be attended to by the royal and beloved descend- 

 ant from the pure blood of the old princes of 

 Wales. E. D. 



Anonymous Hymns (Vol. xii., p. 11.). — No. 13., 

 "Thou art the way," &c., is styled American; 

 and " Come thou long-expected Jesus," is attri- 

 buted by Bickersteth to Madan. E. D. 



