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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[No. 247. 



and particularly in drawings that his geographical 

 delineations were impossible to be distinguished 

 from the best engraved maps. 



Are any of the geographical drawings of Mr. 

 ■Crewe, alluded to by Dr. Gower, now in being ? 

 ;and where are they to be met with ? Cestriensis. 



^'■Follow your Nose." — In what collection of 

 tales published in 1834, and reviewed the same 

 year in the Athenceum or Literary Gazette, shall I 

 find the tale entitled " Follow your Nose ? " I 

 have searched Lays and Legends of Various Na- 

 tions in vain, or at least the first to the sixth num- 

 bers inclusive. Juverna, M.A. 



Cases of Walkingham, Duncalf Butler, and 

 Harwood. — In the preface to the Philadelphia 

 reprint of Bishop Burnet's Life of the Earl of 

 Rochester, the author says : 



" The cases of Walkingham and Duncalf are attested by 

 such evidence as would support a civil action, or convict 

 a criminal in any court in the world ; and, as these show 

 the judgments, so do those of V. Butler and R. Harwood 

 the immediate and palpable interposition of divine Grace." 



There is no other allusion to the above-men- 

 tioned persons : so that I presume their cases are 

 well known in America. Can any of your readers 

 tell me what they are, or where I can find them ? 



P. S. 



Ponds for Insects. — A London naturalist, with 

 but very little time for collecting, would feel 

 much obliged if some of the entomological readers 

 of " N. & Q." would inform him of the exact 

 localities of a few good ponds for insects (particu- 

 larly the aquatic Coleoptera'), within convenient 

 walking distance — say four or six miles — of the 

 north or north-west of the metropolis. Also, a 

 favourable spot for the mollusc Paludina vivipara. 



Dyticus. 



Lely's Portraits. — Are there any very small 

 portraits by Sir P. Lely extant ? One has been 

 shown to me painted on silver in oil, about an 

 inch long, and three quarters wide, which the 

 owner says is a Lely, and appears to be a portrait 

 of Charles n. W. H. 



Legend of a Monk. — The case of St. Denis, 

 mentioned in " N. & Q." (Vol. ix., p. 250.), was 

 surpassed by that of a priest who carried his heart 

 in his hand, after it had been cut out of his body 

 by the Turksj from Dalmatia to Italy. 



I read the account in a compilation which gave 

 no authorities ; but the story looks old, and I shall 

 be obliged by any of your correspondents refer- 

 ring me to an authentic source. W. M. T. 



Griffith Williams, Bishop of Ossory. — Allow 

 me to correct a misprint in Vol. ix., p. 421 ., where 

 I am made to ask for any facts relative to the 

 life of "Griffith, William," instead of Griffith 



Williams. Williams was a native of Wales, and 

 gives, in his multifarious writings, a great many 

 incidents of his life. A correct list of his works 

 would be a desideratum to James Graves. 



Kilkenny. 



German Maritime Laws. — Can any of the 

 readers of " N. & Q." oblige the undersigned by 

 referring him to any modern writer on the above 

 (either in German or Latin) ? H. C. C. 



Warren of Pointon, co. Chester. — Do the pedi- 

 grees of the County Palatine comprise that of the 

 Warrens of Pointon ? And does it appear that 

 Edward Warren, Dean of St. Canice, diocese of 

 Ossory, a.d. 1626 — 1661, was of that family? 

 Were there other families of the same name in 

 CO. Chester ? An answer to all or any of these 

 Queries will oblige. James Graves. 



Kilkenny. 



Letter of James II. — King James II. Is said to 

 have declared, in a letter to his daughter Mary, 

 that the reason which first turned his attention to 

 the Church of Rome, was the virulence of the 

 court preachers against It. Can any of your cor- 

 respondents quote the words of this letter, or give 

 any information as to where It Is to be found ? 3. 



Christening Ships. — A recent ceremony, at 

 which the Queen officiated, suggests the Query, 

 Whence Is derived the custom of christening 

 vessels by breaking a bottle of wine over them, 

 and what Is the earliest instance of this custom ? 



If this ceremony be not a caricature of the 

 Sacrament of Baptism, It Is probably a parody on 

 a custom which obtains in Roman Catholic coun- 

 tries of blessing a vessel when she is about to be 

 launched, and sprinkling It with holy water. 



EiRIONNACH. 



Boodle. — Who was Boodle, the venerable host 

 to whom the celebrated Club In St. James's Street 

 owes its name ? Gibbon dates several of his let- 

 ters, in 1772 and 1774, from this Club. 



J. Yeoweu:,. 



The Domum Tree at Winchester. — = Local tra- 

 dition holds that It was formerly the custom at 

 Winchester to sing the celebrated college ode, 

 " Dulce Domum," under the old tree of that 

 name near the Itchen wharf. Was it ever so, 

 and when was it discontinued ? 



Henry Edwards. 



The " Heroic Epistle." — It Is said in Public 

 Characters (vol. I. p. 253.) that about 1776 the 

 author of An Heroic Epistle to Sir Wm. Chambers 

 wrote An Heroic Epistle to Dr. Watson. If so, 

 when and where was it published ? It Is not in 

 Almon's edition of what he calls The Works, &c. 

 of author of Heroic Epistle. E. H. T. 



