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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[No. 228. 



have heard him lament the misfortune of having 

 had one or two pictures blown away in this 

 manner. 



The effect of his sand-pictures was extraordi- 

 nary. They stood out in bold relief, and with a 

 brilliancy far surpassing any oil painting. As may 

 be supposed, this style of painting was particularly 

 adapted for landscapes and rocky scenery ; and it 

 enabled the artist to finish foliage with a richness 

 which nothing could surpass. Mr. Haas' collec- 

 tion of his sand-paintings was a rich treat to 

 inspect. After his death, they were sold and dis- 

 persed ; but many must be found in the collec- 

 tions of gentlemen in Bristol and its neighbour- 

 hood. F. C. H. 



THE SOLDIER S DISCIPLINE, FROM A BROADSIDE 

 OF THE TEAR 1642. 



" The Grounds of Military Discipline : or, Certain Brief 

 Rules for the Exercising of a Company or Squadron. 



Observed by all. 



In march, in motion, troop or stand, 



Observe both leader and right hand ; 



With silence note in what degree 



You in the body placed be : 



That so you may, without more trouble, 



Know where to stand, and when to double. 



Distances. 



True distance keep in files, in ranks 



Open close to the front, reare, flanks, 



Backward, forward, to the right, left, or either, 



Backward and forward both together. 



To the right, left, outward or in, 



According to directions given. 



To order, close, open, double, 



Distance, distance, double, double : 



For this alone prevents distraction, 



And giveth lustre to the action. 



Facings. 



Face to the right, or to the left, both wayes to the 



reare, 

 Inward, outward, and as you were : 

 To the front, reare, flanks, and peradventure 

 To every angle, and to the centre. 



Doublings. 



To bring more hands in the front to fight, 



Double ranks unto the right, 



Or left, or both, if need require, 



Direct divisionall or intire : 



By doubling files accordingly, 



Your flanks will strengthened be thereby. 



Halfe files and bringers-up likewise 



To the front may double, none denies ; 



Nor would it very strange appear 



For th' front half files or double the reare : 



The one half ranks to double the other, 



Thereby to strengthen one the other. 



Countermarches. 



But lest I should seem troublesome, 

 To countermarches next I come. 

 Which, though they many seem to be, 

 Are all included in these three : 

 Maintaining, gaining, losing ground, 

 And severall wayes to each is found : 

 By which their proper motion 's guided, 

 In files, in ranks, in both divided. 



Wheeling. 



Wheel your battell ere you fight, 



For better advantage to the right, 



Or left, or round about 



To either angle, or where you doubt 



Your enemie will first oppose you ; 



And therefore unto their Foot close you. 



Divisionall wheeling I have seen 



In sundrie places practis'd been, 



To alter either form or figure, 



By wheeling severall wayes together. 



And, had I time to stand upon 't, 



I'de wheele my wings into the front. 



By wheeling flanks into the reare, 



They'll soon reduce them as they were. 



Besides, it seems a pretty thing 



To wheel, front, and reare to either wing : 



Wheele both wings to the reare and front ; 



Face to the reare, and having done 't, 



Close your divisions ; even your ranks, 



Wheel front and reare into both flanks : 



And thus much know, cause, note I'll smother, 



To one wheeling doth reduce the other. 



Conversion and Inversion. 



One thing more and I have done ; 



Let files rank by conversion : 



To th' right, or th' left, to both, and then 



Ranks by conversion fill again : 



Troop for the colours, march, prepare for fight, 



Behave yourselves like men, and so good night. 



The summe of all that hath been spoken may be 

 comprised thus : 

 Open, close, face, double, countermarch, wheel, charge, 



retire ; 

 Invert, convert, reduce, trope, march, make readie, 



fire." 



Anon. 



LEADING ARTICLES OF FOREIGN NEWSPAPERS. 



The foreign correspondence of the English press 

 is an invaluable feature of that mighty engine of 

 civilisation and progress, for which the world cannot 

 be too thankful ; but as the agents in it at Paris, 

 Berlin, Vienna, &c, are more or less imbued with 

 the insular views and prejudices which they carry 

 with them from England, Scotland, or Ireland, it 

 were well if the daily journals devoted more at- 

 tention than they do to the leading articles of the 

 Continental press, which is frequently distin- 

 guished by great ability and interest, and would 



