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NOTES AND QUEEIES. 



[No. 216. 



f iety ; some forming little flocculent appearances 

 on the paper, which is not the case with other 

 samples. Probably it may be adulterated with 

 stearine, and other substances producing this dif- 

 ference. 



Before concluding these remarks, I would draw 

 attention to the great convenience of the use 

 of a bag of yellow calico, made so large as to 

 entirely cover the head and shoulders, and con- 

 fined round the waist by means of a stout elastic 

 band. It was first, I believe, used by Dr. Mansell. 

 In a recent excursion, I have, with the greatest 

 ease, been enabled to change all my papers with- 

 out any detriment whatever, and thereby dis- 

 pensed with the weight of more than a single 

 paper-holder. The bag is no inconvenience, and 

 answers perfectly well, at any residence you may 

 chance upon, to obstruct the light of the window, 

 if not protected with shutters. 



I would also beg to mention that a certain 

 portion of the bromide of silver introduced into 

 the iodized paper seems much to accelerate its 

 power of receiving the green colour, as it un- 

 doubtedly does in the collodion. Although it 

 does not accelerate its general action, it is de- 

 cidedly a great advantage for foliage. Its best 

 pi'oportions I have not been able accurately to 

 determine ; but I believe if the following quantity 

 is added to the portion of solution of iodide of 

 silver above recommended to be made, that it will 

 approach very near to that which will prove to 

 be the most desirable. Dissolve separately thirty 

 grains of bromide of potassium, and 42 grains of 

 nitrate of silver, in separate half-ounces of dis- 

 tilled water ; mix, stir well, and wash the precipi- 

 tate ; pour upon it, in a glass measure, distilled 

 water up to one ounce; then, upon the addition of 

 245 grains of iodide of potassium, a clear solution 

 will be obtained ; should it not, a few more grains 

 of the iodide of potassium will effect it. It may 

 be well to add that I believe neither of the solu- 

 tions is injured by keeping, especially if preserved 

 in the dark. 



I would here offer a caution against too great 

 reliance being placed upon the use of gutta- 

 percha vessels when travelling, as during the past 

 summer I had a bottle containing distilled water 

 which came into pieces ; and I have now a new 

 gutta-percha tray which has separated from its 

 sides. This may appear trivial, but when away 

 from home the greatest inconvenience results from 

 these things, which may be easily avoided.* 



* Mr. Shadboi.t suggested a remedy for the disasters 

 referred to by Dr. Diamond with regard to the gutta- 

 percha vessels. Gutta-percha is perfectly soluble irt 

 chloroform. Mr Shadbolt therefore showed that if 

 the operator carries a small bottle of chlorofonn with 

 him, he would be able to mend the gutta-percha at 

 any moment in a few seconds. It was not necessary 



Dishes of zinc painted or japanned on the in- 

 terior surface answer better than gutta-percha, 

 and one inverted within another forms, when tra- 

 velling, an admirable lid-box for the protection of 

 glass bottles, rods, &c. On the Continent wooden 

 dishes coated with shellac varnish are almost en- 

 tirely used. 



^t]^\iti to i^innr dSixxtxiti. 



Belike (Vol. viii., p. 358.). — The reasoning by 

 which H. C. K. supports his conjecture that " be- 

 like " in Macbeth is formed immediately by pre- 

 fixing be to a supposed verb, like, to lie, is in- 

 genious, but far from satisfactory. In the first 

 place, we never used to like in the sense of to lie, 

 the nearest approach to it is to lig. And in the 

 next place, the verb to like, to please, to feel or 

 cause pleasure, to approve or regard with appro- 

 bation, as a consequential usage (agreeably to the 

 Dutch form of Liicken (Kilian), to assimilate), is 

 common from our earliest writers. Instances 

 from Robert of Gloucester, Chaucer, and North, 

 with instances also of mislike, to displease, may 

 be found in Richardson ; and others in Todd's 

 Johnson. 



Now, when we have a word well established in 

 various usage (as like, similis), from which other 

 usages may be easily deduced, why not adopt that 

 word as the immediate source, rather than seek 

 for a new one ? That like, now written Zy, is 

 from lie, a corpse, i. e. an essence, has, I believe, 

 the merit of originality ; so too, his notion that 

 corpse is an essence, and the more, as emanating 

 from a rectory, which probably is not far removed 

 from a churchyard. 



H. C. K., it is very likely, is right in his concep- 

 tion that all his three likes " have had originally 

 one and the same source ; " but he does not appear 

 inclined to rest contented with the very sufficient 

 one in our parent language, suggested by Ri- 

 chardson (in his 8vo. dictionary), the Gothic 

 lag-yan; A.-S. lec-gan, or lic-gan, to lay or lie._ 



I should interpret belike (for so I should write 

 it with H. C. K.) by " approve." Q^ 



Bloomsbury. 



Stage-coaches (Vol. viii., p. 439.). — The fol- 

 lowing Note may perhaps prove acceptable to 

 G. E. F. The article from which it was taken 

 contained, if I remember rightly, much more in- 

 formation upon the same subject : 



" The stage-coach ' Wonder,' from London to 

 Shrewsbury, and the ' Hirondelle,' belonged to Taylor 

 of Shrewsbury. The 'Hirondelle' did 120 miles in 

 8 hours and 20 minutes. One day a team of four 

 greys did 9 miles in 35 minutes. The ' Wonder ' left 



that the bottle should hold above half an ounce of 

 chloroform. 



