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tors by the beautiful edition presented to the 

 Bannatyne Club by Mr. David Laing." See The 

 Abbot, vol. ii. p. 277., 48 vol. edition of 1848. 



Hugh Owen. 



Anonymous Manuscript (2"'^ S. iv. 203.) — The 

 manuscript described by Mr. Jacob was probably 

 a commonplace-book, compiled towards the end 

 of the last century. The " piece of poetry entitled 



To David G , Esq., by the late Earl of C ," 



is, doubtless, Chesterfield's " Answer to the Fool's 

 Petition," commencing : — 



" Garrick, I've read your Fool's Petition." 



It will be found in vol. v. p. 408. of Lord Ma- 

 hon's, or rather Earl Stanhope's, edition of Ches- 

 terfield's Works. 



The extract, " Pope the Poet" Sfc, is the com- 

 mencement of a masterly sketch, given among 

 Chesterfield's Characters, in vol. ii. p. 444. of the 

 same edition of his Works. Robert Townsbnd. 



Albany, N. Y. 



Spaniel (2"'* S. Iv. 289.) — Is not this dog of 

 Spanish origin, as Its name imports : le chien 

 cspagnevl of the old French writers, and lo spa- 

 gnuolo of the Italians ? It seems impossible they 

 should have come from Japan, as they are alluded 

 to in La Venerie de Jacques du Fouilloux, written 

 about 1550. He mentions these dogs several 

 times as dogs for fowling : " U doit prendre chlens 

 d'olseaux, dlts Espagnols;" " faire chasser aux 

 Espagnols {chiens d'oiseaux)" &c. Now the first 

 Europeans who set foot In Japan were some Por- 

 tuguese, who were wrecked there in a Chinese 

 junk in 1542, and remained on the island some 

 time. In 1549, St. Frangois Xavler undertook 

 the mission to the Japanese. But what is more 

 conclusive is, that the "spannyel" is mentioned in 

 the Book of St. Alban's. Is there any earlier 

 notice of these dogs ? A. A. 



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