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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[No. 281. 



in bulk, to the bull-dog in courage, to the bloodhound in 

 scent, and to the greyhound in agility." 



During the war against the Maroon negroes in 

 1795, one hundred dogs of this species were im- 

 ported from Cuba into Jamaica, to be employed 

 in tracking the insurgents in their mountain re- 

 cesses ; but none of them have ever been intro- 

 duced into the island of St. Lucia. One of the 

 principal parishes in Jamaica is called St. Lucea, 

 aad this may have given rise to the mistake. 



Henry H. Bbeen. 



St. Lucia. 



Reference to Errata in periodical Works. — A 

 complete list of errata throughout the volume 

 should always accompany the index to each vo- 

 lume, or at any rate reference should be made in 

 the index to the pages where errata in former 

 Numbers are noticed. Thus in Vol. vii. (now 

 before me) the index should give, "Errata, 54. 

 121. 169. 225. 249. 346. 634." It is very likely 

 that when your correspondent receives the Number 

 of your journal in which the erratum is noticed, 

 he has not at hand the Number in which the 

 noticed erratum occurred. 



I have particularly noticed p. 249. If you will 

 refer to that page you will find the correction 

 marked, not "Erratum," as it should be, but 

 " Percy Anecdotes." Of the two practices which 

 I have recommended, the first would be by far the 

 best ; but either would be preferable to the present 

 practice of inserting the notice in one Number 

 only, and trusting to chance for its meeting the 

 eye of the reader of the former Number ; and I 

 shall be happy to see one or other adopted for the 

 future in " N. & Q." Geo. E. Fbere. 



Yarmouth. 



Earl of Derwentwater'' s Library. — In Brumby 

 Hall, near Glamford Briggs, Lincolnshire, a house 

 belonging to Lord Beauchamp, there was till lately 

 an old library containing about two thousand 

 volumes ; among them were very fQvr books of 

 value, but one, a copy of Burton's Anatomy of 

 Melancholy, arrested my attention on account of 

 its containing the book-plate, and I think the 

 autograph, of the gallant Earl of Derwentwater, 

 who died for the (so called) Rebellion of 1715. 

 I never examined the book closely, and I regret 

 to say the library was sold about two years ago to 

 (I think) a London bookseller ; so now all trace of 

 it is lost : however, its existence Is worth noting, 

 as there are those who venerate the memory of 

 the gentle RadclifFe, and who will be glad to know 

 that his books were so marked and may yet be 

 identified. Edward Peacock, 



Bottesford Moors, Kirton-in-Lindsey. 



Indian Com. — During an extended tour in 

 the Western States of America, I learnt from an 

 old backwoodsman the following fact, proving 



that, with reference to the seasons, " coming events 

 cast their shadows befoi'e." The ear of the Indian 

 corn is always protected by a husk which consists 

 of numerous stringy leaves folded over the ear as 

 a sort of sheath. Should the coming winter be 

 severe, the husk is very thick and long, and hugs 

 the ear tightly. On the contrary, if the winter is 

 to be a mild one, the husk will be very small and 

 hang loosely around the ear. For several seasons 

 after I proved the correctness of the old back- 

 woodsman's statement, and the fact may interest 

 those who study the dispensations of Providence 

 in the change of seasons. J. W. C. Hotten. 



" Anticipate.''' — Thus we do write, but ought we 

 not to write "anticipate," froman^e (not avri) and 

 capio ? It is true we write participate, but its de- 

 rivation from partim and capio would rather 

 sanction the e than the i in the other compound 

 word. Y. B. N. J. 



^ntxiti. 



THE SEA-SERPENT IN 1632. 



The following is an extract from the very inte- 

 resting collection of botanical tracts by Thomas 

 Johnson, the editor of Gerarde's TIerball. I quote 

 from Mr. Ralph's elegant reprint, Opuscula Omnia 

 hotanica Thomce Johnsoni, &c., 1629-41, reprinted 

 in a small 4to. vol., London, 1847. At p. 24. we 

 read, — 



". . . . Turn demum trajecto amni, e Tenet disce- 

 dentes, Sandwich venimus, ingressoque hospitio, illic 

 paululum moramur. Dein ad maris littus Sandowne 

 Castrum versus duo amandantur, dum reliqui oppidum 

 lustrare se accingunt : qui dnctu D. Sparkes pajdagogi, 

 muros, & munimenta jam partim vetustate lapsa circum- 

 ambulant & hortum Cuspari Nirenii Belgaa, ingrediuntur: 

 ut etiam OfRcinam Pharmaceuticani Caroli Anati (cni 

 postea Cantuariai obvii facti sumus) quo in looorem me- 

 moriiE dignam viderunt, spolium (ut sic loquar) Serpentis 

 quindecini pedes longi, & plus quam branchialis^ crassi- 

 tiidinis. Quantum conjectura assequi possira foit Skr- 

 TEXs MARiNTis, captus enim erat a duobus viris, inter 

 arenosis tumulos ad maris littus, capite prius glandibus 

 minoribus machina ignevoma emissis spoliatus. Ex 

 cuniculis, qui illic magna sunt copia victum querebat, 

 namque, ex ejus stomacho eorum unus & alter extract! 

 fuerunt. Sed hi, bestiam ut dixi, vita spolia tam ad 

 nostriim amicissimu Carolum Anatum detulerunt et earn 

 accepto premio, ei dederunt, qui came abjecta, pellem 

 fceno farctam secum in rei memoriara adhuc servat. Ex 

 liorto Nirenii, Maris Littore, vicinisque locis habuimus 

 sequentia " 



The object in bringing this before your readers 

 is to endeavour to ascertain from local or other 

 sources whether the preserved skin of this reptile, 

 as recorded above, be still in existence, and in 

 what museum or collection ; also, perhaps some 

 traditional or recorded information can be con- 

 tributed to your pages relating to this curious 

 matter. So far as I can find, no notice has been 



