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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[No. 275. 



sibus) the time when the first political congress 

 was held since the Creation. It was, he assumes, 

 the three sons of the patriarch Noah, who had met 

 at a congress at Rhinocorura, for the purpose of 

 dividing the world among themselves. Having 

 come to an understanding, he continues, the 

 treaty was submitted to their father Noah, who 

 gave his consent to it in his last will. That will 

 must have been read by the pious Philastrlus, 

 cotemporary of Epiphanius ; for he was so sure of 

 the fact, that in his work De Heeresibus the dis- 

 belief in that division, and its legitimacy, forms 

 the 118th species of the heresies described in it. 



Dr. Michelsen. 



Twins. — In an Historical Dictionary of England 

 and Wales, printed 1692, I have met with the fol- 

 lowing entry, which may perhaps be interesting to 

 the readers of " N. & Q.," as showing that the 

 sympathy of " The Corsican Brothers " may be 

 discovered nearer home. 



" Tremane. — Nicholas and Andrew Tremane were twins, 

 born in Devonshire, alike in all lineaments, and felt like 

 pain, though at a distance, and without any intelligence 

 given. They equally desired to walk, sit, eat and drink 

 together ; and were both slain together at New Haven in 

 France, 1562 ; the one a captain of horse, the other but a 

 private soldier." 



Rev. L. B. 



Whittlebury Oaks. — As it is possible that the 

 zeal of some of the photographic correspondents 

 of " N. & Q." may be sufficiently fervent to sus- 

 tain them through a short winter's excursion for 

 the sake of securing representations of magnifi- 

 cent objects which will very shortly cease to exist, 

 I beg to call their attention to the exceedingly 

 fine old oaks in Whittlebury Forest, some of 

 which are of enormous size, and are in the most 

 picturesque state of partial decay. This forest is 

 about to be disafibrested, and the trees are at this 

 time marked for destruction, and will shortly be 

 cut down, under (I believe) the authority of the 

 Crown, previous to the land being allotted to the 

 various claimants. It is difficult to understand 

 why these magnificent wrecks of trees should be 

 felled before the land is assigned to its new 

 owners, for the value of them as (fire?) wood 

 cannot be supposed much, if at all, to exceed the 

 cost of cutting them down. Many persons would 

 willingly pay much more than their real value for 

 the sake of securing them on their property ; and 

 not a few keen agriculturalists would much rather 

 bear the obstruction they might cause than allow 

 such splendidly picturesque old trees to be de- 

 stroyed. XX. 



Inscriptions on Buildings. — The following in- 

 scription in capital letters, in relief, is in front of 

 the gallery in the Court House, Aberdeen : 



*8KKVATB TERMINOS QUOS PATRES VESTKI POSUERE." 



W.G. 



WILKES's COPY OF JUNIUS's LETTEKS. 



Coventry, in a letter to Barker {Claims, ^c, 

 p. 298.), says that " at the sale of Wilkes's books 

 there was a Junius with Wilkes's notes, brought 

 51. 17s. 6d" One would suppose that this was a 

 fact admitting of no doubt ; but Barker follows 

 with this comment : " I have examined the sale 

 catalogue of Mr. Wilkes's books, and do not find 

 any mention of the Junius." After this one would 

 suppose there could be no doubt the other way. 

 Now I have a catalogue of the sale of Wilkes's 

 books, with prices and names of purchasers, and 

 there I find — 



" No. 715. Junius's Letters, 2 vol. 1794 [the last figure 

 defaced]. 15». 



"No. 716. Junius's Letters, 2 vol. 1. Lond. 1772. 

 5?. 15s. 6d." 



Both editions were bought in the name of Wall, 

 or Wales, but from my copy it is difficult to make 

 out the exact name. 



All is not yet made clear. In 1800, Chalmers 

 published separately his Appendix to the Supple- 

 mental Apology, intended to prove that Hugh 

 Boyd was Junius. Therein (p. 42.) he writes : 



" 1 have now before me Mr. Wilkes's edition of Junius's 

 Letters, with MS. notes which were written with his own 

 hand. The first note is, ' This edition is imperfect and in- 

 correct. It was printed by Dryden Leach.' " 



It is obvious that an edition printed by Dryden 

 Leach was not the edition of " 1772," for that, it 

 may fairly be assumed, was the genuine Woodfall 

 edition ; indeed I know of no other in which the 

 two volumes are dated 1772. Then again, how 

 did any edition which belonged to Wilkes, and had 

 his private MS. notes, come into the possession of 

 Chalmers in 1 800 ; for Wilkes's books were not sold 

 for two years after — Nov. and Dec. 1 802 ? To 

 make confusion greater, in Aug. 1853 the books 

 of Mr. Roche of Cork were sold by Messrs. Sotheby 

 and Wilkinson, and one lot is thus described : 



" 614. Junius's Letters, 2 vol. old russia. H. S. Wood- 

 fall, 1772. 



*^* This copy contains the notes, interlineations, and 

 index references copied from those found in that belonging 

 to John Wilkes, Esq., sold at his sale in 1802." 



Can any of your intelligent readers say what are 

 the facts ? Where is the copy which Chalmers 

 quoted from in 1800 ? Where the copy which sold 

 for 51. 15s. M. in 1802 ? W. C. J. 



MEDAL OF THE PRETENDER. 



I inclose you two wax impressions of the'jtwo 

 sides of a medal I possess, in order the better to 

 describe it. The medal is of silver, with a very 

 handsome head on one side, and on the other side 



