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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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2. Portraits of the Worthies of Westminster Hall, 



with their Autographs, being Fac-Similes of 

 Original Sketches found in the Note- Book of 

 a Briefless Barrister. London : Thomas and 

 William Boone, 480. Strand. Small 8vo. 



Part I. Price Twenty Shillings. Twenty 

 Sketches (very clever). 



3. Dictionary of Terms employed by the French 



in Anatomy, Physiology, Pathology, &c, by 

 Shirley Palmer, M. D. 8vo., 1834. Bir- 

 mingham : Barlow. London : Longman & 

 Co. Two Parts. Stops at the letter H. 



4. Quarterly Biographical Magazine, No. I., May, 



1838. 8vo. London : Hunt & Hart. 



5. Complete Illustrations of the British Fresh-water 



Fishes. London : W. Wood. 8vo. Three 

 Numbers. 



6. New and Compendious History of the County of 



Warwick, &c. By William Smith, F.R. S.A. 

 4to. Birmingham : W. Evans. London : 

 J. T. Hinton, 4. Warwick Square. 1829. 

 Ten Numbers, to be completed in Twelve. 

 On my copy there is written, " Never finished." 

 Is this the case ? 



7. Fishes of Ceylon. By John Whitchurch Ben- 



net, Esq., F.H.S. London : Longman & Co. 

 1828. 4to. Two Numbers. A Guinea each. 



J. M. 



Minax cauerterf. 



" Hovel Maet of Laet." — Will you kindly give 

 me a translation of the above, which is in the 

 corner of an old Dutch panel painting in the 

 style of Ostade and Teniers, jun., in my posses- 

 sion ? Heading. 



Hand in Church (Vol. viii., p. 454.). — What is 

 the hand projecting under chancel arch, Brighton 

 old church ? A. C. 



Egger Moths. — What is the derivation of the 



moths ? 



Mountjoy. 



The Yorkshire Dales (Vol. ii., p. 220.). — Is the 

 Guide to the above by J. H. Dixon published ? 



R. W. D. 



Ciss, Cissle, ffc. — Can any of your readers give 

 me any authority for a written usage of these 

 words, or any one of them : ciss, siss, cissle or 

 cizzle ? They are often heard, but I have never 

 seen them written, nor can I find them in any dic- 

 tionary. A. 



Inn Signs, Sfc. — Can any reader of " N. & Q." 

 supply information respecting inn and other signs ; 

 or refer to any printed books, or accessible MSS., 

 relating to the subject ? Alphege. 



Smiths and Robinsons. — Could any of your 

 correspondents inform me what are the arms of 



Miles Smith, Bishop of Gloucester, those of the 

 Smiths of Willoughby, those of the Smiths of 

 Crudely, in Lancashire, and those of the Robinsons 

 of the North Riding of Yorkshire ? Also, in 

 what church, and in what year, did Lady Eliza- 

 beth Robinson, otherwise known as Betty of the 

 Boith, serve the office of churchwarden ? 



John H. R. Smith, Jun. 



Coin of Carausius. — A brass coin has lately 

 come into my possession, bearing on the obverse 

 the head and inscription : 



" IMP. CARAVSIUS. P. P. AVG." 



And on the reverse, a female figure, with spear 

 and a branch : 



" PAX. AUG. S. P. MLXXI." 



I believe it to have been struck by Carausius, an 

 usurper of the end of the third century, and my 

 Query is as to the meaning of the letters mlxxi. 

 Some friends assert them to be the Roman nu- 

 merals, making the year 1071, and conclude it to 

 have been struck at that date. C. G» 



Paddington. 



Verelst the Painter. — Can any of your readers 

 inform me who was Jo. Verelst ? I have in my 

 possession a picture bearing the signature, with 

 the addition of P. 1714. The celebrated artists of 

 that name mentioned in the Dictionary of Painters 

 cannot be the same. Celcrena. 



Latin Treatise on ivhipping School-boys. — 

 What is the name of a modern Latin author, who 

 has written a treatise on the antiquity of the prac- 

 tice of whipping school-boys? The work is alluded 

 to in the History of the Flagellants, p. 134., edit^ 

 1777, but the author's name is not given. 



Betula. 



Dublin. 



Wliitewashing in Churches. — Can any of your 

 correspondents inform me at what period, and 

 about what year it became the custom to cover 

 over with whitewash the many beautiful works of 

 art, both in stone and wood, which have of late 

 years been brought to light in our cathedrals and 

 churches in the course of renovation ? K. 



Surname " Kynoch." — Can any of your corre- 

 spondents supply any heraldic or genealogical in- 

 formation regarding this name, a few families of 

 which are to be found in Moray and Aberdeen 

 shires, North Britain? J. 



Dates of published Works. — Is it possible to 

 ascertain the exact time of publication of any 

 book, for instance in the year 1724, either at Sta- 

 tioners' Hall or elsewhere ? D. 



Saw-dust Recipe. — There is a recipe existing 

 somewhere for converting saw-dust into palatable 



