2-»§.v.i28.,JrNEi2.'58.] KOTES AND QtJiiRIES. 



485 



is here stated, that the error — for it certainly is 

 one — is of Hebrew origin. 



Another Query suo^gests itself to me, but I fear 

 the Editor of "N..& Q." will think I have already 

 taken Up too much space in his columns: it is this. 

 — Some years ago the reverend and eloquent 

 Doctor Raphall (then of London, now of New 

 York, author of the best History of the Jews yet 

 published in the English language), and the Re- 

 verend A. da Sola, commenced a translation into 

 English of the Hebrew Holy Scriptures, with very 

 elaborate commentaries. The Book of Genesis, 

 as the first part of their labours, was published, I 

 think, by Bagster and Sons. I speak of it from 

 memory only, never having seen but one copy, 

 and that was several years ago. Continued on the 

 same scale, the work would certainly have been 

 both voluminous and costly, but it would also have 

 been of very great value to both the religious and 

 the literary portions of mankind. Can the Editor 

 or any reader of " N. & Q." inform me if the 

 work was ever continued beyond the Book of 

 Genesis ? * Eeic. 



Ville Marie, Canada. 



afttpTteiS to Minat <lSiutviti, 



Pearls found in Britain (2"'^ S. v. 400.) — M. H. 

 R. says, " the fact is as undoubted as fcurious, that 

 while Oriental pearls are found in oysters, our oc- 

 cidental pearls are found in muscles (mussels ?), 

 and in them only." This is not quite correct. I 

 lived some years in Glamorganshire, and was a 

 frequent eater of Mumbles oysters, which have 

 thick heavy shells. During one season I fre- 

 quently found pearls in the oysters, always se- 

 creted in what is called the beard. Some were 

 very small, some were about the size of a large 

 pin's head. I gave away several, but have some 

 still in my possession. They were chiefly, if not 

 entirely, found in the course of one season. 



Edw. Hawkins. 



As to pearl-oysters, a term given to a particul^ 

 oyster, it may be that such is only found in the 

 Tropics. As to oysters containing pearls : a pupil 

 of mine has a pill- box to contain those he procures 

 from the Calais oyster sold here at Dover ; and a 

 man who opens them for sale excused himself 

 from selling any because they were all bespoken 

 for an officer, who was about to have a pearl 

 brooch made of them. My mother-in-law had 

 several pearls in her mouth at one time when 

 eating an oyster. I had a pill-box nearly full. 



G. R. L. 



Royal Serjeant Surgeons (2""^ S. v. 295.) — In a 

 curious MS. list of Fees and Annuities payable out 



r* The work was discontinued at the end of the Book 

 of Genesis. — Ed.] 



of his Majesties Exchequer, A.D. 1610, is the fol- 

 lowing entry of " Physitians and Surgeons:" — 



£ s.d. 

 " To Doctor de Mayerne - . . 400 



To Doctor Craig the elder - - - 100 

 To Doctor Atkins - - - - 100 



To Doctor Hamonde - - - - 100 

 To Doctor Poe, Physitian to the King's 



houshold 50 00 



To Gilbert Prirhrose, Seijedht Sorgeort 



to the King 26 13 4 



More to him as ordinary Stirgeon to the 



King 40 6 



To William Goddourous, Serjeant Sur- 

 geon to the King - - - - 26 13 4 

 More to him as ordinary Surgeon to the 



King 40 



To Gilbert Primrose, as Surgeon to the 



Prince 38 68 



To Duncan Primrose, Surgeon to the 



King 40 00 



To Alexander Baiter, ordinary Surgeon 



to the King - - , - - - 40 

 To Peter Chamberlaine, Surgeon to the 



Queene 40 



To Archibald Haye, Surgeon ordinary to 



the King 40 00 



To Lewes Rogers, ordinary Surgeon to 



the Prince - - - - - 40 



To William Clowes, ordinary Surgeon to 



the Prihce 40 " 



In Edward Chamberlayne's Anglice Notitia, 

 1692, only two court surgeons are named, i. e. 

 " Serjeant Chyrurgeon William Van Loon, Esq., 

 Sal. 335Z., Board-wages, 140/. per annum;'''' arid 

 " Charles Peter, Esq., Chyrurgeoii of the Hous- 

 hold, Salary, 280Z. ; Board-wages, 100/. per an- 

 num." " William Cheselden, Esq.," is named as 

 " Serjeant Surgeon to George II." in John Cham- 

 berlayne's Magnce Britannim Notitia, 1737 ; but 

 his stipend is not mentioned. 



Edward F. RimbaulT. 

 " Miserrimus'' (P* S. iv. 37.; v. 354.)— In 

 your "Notices to Correspondents" for May 29, 

 you refer M. P. to your First Series for the 

 notices of the "Miserrimus" slab in Worcester 

 cathedral, and the references to what has been 

 written on the subject. Perhaps you will permit 

 me to add the following brief notes to the inform- 

 ation already brought forward by the two writers 

 in your First Series. 



The Obituary of The Gentleman's Magazine, 

 for August, 1850, thus refers to the author of the 

 remarkable romance founded upon the " Miser- 

 rimus" iriscription : — 



" June 7. At FontainebleaU, on his way to Italy, Fre- 

 derick Mansell Reynolds, Esq., late of 'Wilton House, 

 Jersey, eldest son "of the late Frederick Reynolds, the 

 celebrated dramatist. He was the author of Miserrimus, 

 and one or two other works of fiction, and the first Editor 

 of Heath's Keepsake." 



The copy of the work in the possession of F. !fe. 

 A. is the " volume originally printed for private 

 circulation." In the following year (1833) it was 

 published in the ordinary manner (12mo.) by 



