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of France at the time that king possessed a part 
of Savoy, and in the person of Stephen Bachet, 
who was made Lord of Meyseria, and judge su- 
preme in the town of Bourg, in Bresse, at this 
day the chief town of the department of Ain, in 
France. ° 
I do not know at what period Victor Ama- 
deus I. of Savoy reigned*: not having access to a 
history of Savoy, I think “ Guichenon” might 
give it. Would the time correspond with that 
when John returned to France, say “ May 1360,” 
and could there be a possibility of the “ Bachet ” 
(or otherwise spelt) being the same party who re- 
turned with John, as the party who was ennobled 
and made Lord of Meyserii? There have been 
many clever men, authors, poets, &c., amongst 
these ‘“ Bachets.” Proressor A. De Morean 
has noticed them often; and I confess that it is 
only since his writing drew my attention to the 
name that I have been busy in trying to connect 
it with my own. Unfortunately 1 am stopped at 
1708, not being able to trace the two sons who 
entered the army. Perhaps some kind contributor 
to “ N. & Q.” will furnish the missing genealogical 
portion. As far as I have gone, my authorities are 
“ Bayle,” “ Moréri,” and ‘‘ Guichenon,” neither of 
which I have seen, but generously informed by 
friends. Besides the “‘ Bashett.” to whom M. E. 
kindly alludes, whose arms are Or, a lion rampant, 
gules, within a bordure sable, bezantée, there are 
some arms (French) belonging to some “ Bas- 
chet” family, but which I do not know, which are 
Vert, a bend between 6 martlets or, 3 and 3 bend- 
wise. I do not know the colour of the bend. 
Any information regarding anything connected 
with any of these will be gratefully acknowledged 
by H. Bascuet. 
Waterford. 
PHOTOGRAPHIC CORRESPONDENCE. 
Hints of Localities favourable to Photographers. —“N. 
& Q.” would do good service (whether photographic in- 
formation be, or be not scarce), if it would give a list of 
principal localities in which photographers may find good 
subjects for their camera practice: e. g., suppose Tenby, in 
South Wales, be fixed on as a centre, then you might 
make your list include: Views of Carew Castle (several) ; 
Manorbeer Castle (ditto); Coast Scenery (exhaustless), 
especially The Strackpole Rocks, Lydstep Rocks, Pem- 
broke Castle; bits of Pembroke Priory; Flemish Cot- 
tages of St. Florence, &c.; and so on of other places, 
This would be of very great value to many photogra- 
phers who are unacquainted with any but their own lo- 
cality; and, serving as a perpetual reference, might from 
time to time determine the route of many a tourist in 
future photographic seasons. Q. (1.) 
Barnes’ Dry Collodion Process. — We have received a 
copy of the pamphlet recently published by Mr. Robert 
_ [* In the article “ Amadeus,” in the Penny Cyclopedia, 
it is stated that Amadeus I. died a.p. 1078.] 
NOTES AND QUERIES. 
[25d §, No 23, June 7.56: 
F. Barnes, in which he describes The Dry Collodion 
Process, as brought to perfection by himself. ‘The process 
is one obviously possessing many advantages, and as de- 
scribed by Mr. Barnes, of such simplicity, that any person 
capable of working with wet collodion can easily manage 
it: and we can speak of the excellent results which it is 
capable of producing in the hands of competent manipu- 
lators, for two more admirable specimens of the art than 
the View of Richmond above the Bridge, and the River 
Front of Somerset House, which Mr. Barnes has produced 
by it, we have never seen. They are in every respect 
most creditable to his skill as a Photographer. 
Prize Essay on the Stereoscope.— The prize given by 
the London Stereoscopic Company for the best essay on 
the Laws of Binocular Vision, and on the Theory of the 
Stereoscope, has been awarded by Sir David Brewster to 
Mr. William O. Lonie, Mathematical Master of Madras 
College, Saint Andrew’s; and the essay itself is now 
published by the company. We merely record its pub- 
lication; Sir David Brewster’s testimony to its merits 
rendering further praise unnecessary, if not impertinent. 
Replies ta Minor Queries. 
The Works of Mercy (2 §. i. 432.) —St. 
Jerome alludes to the six works of mercy corporal, 
enumerated in St. Matthew, xxv. The seventh, 
To bury the Dead, has been added from the Book 
of Tobias, where that work of mercy, or charity, 
is so highly commended. F, C. H. 
Saxon Proverb (2 §. i. 375.) — The Saxon 
proverb which your correspondent wishes to have 
explained contains only an exhortation to do what 
is to be done, at once, and make no delay about 
it. Wilfri® writes to a missionary to set about 
his work, because a laggard, according to the 
common’ Saxon proverb, will fail of his objects : 
“ Ort dedlata 
déme foryldeS 
sigesiéa gehwem, 
swylted pedna.” 
“ Oft doth the laggard justly lose by dawdling success 
that he might have, and dieth wretched.” 
I give the usual West-Saxon reading of the 
text, which however is not found. Wilfrid or 
Boniface naturally wrote in his own dialect, viz. 
that of Northumberland ; and most of the MSS. 
which I have seen of this letter, being copies, 
record the words inaccurately. A good many 
years ago I gave some account of this “ proverb” 
in the Gentleman's Magazine, where your corre- 
spondent will probably find what he wishes to 
know about it; I am sorry that I forget the year, 
but believe it was about 1840-1842; certainly 
not earlier. 
He must not forget that the majority of Saxon 
“proverbs” are in fact moral apothegms, and that 
alliterative verse was the usual form in which 
they were clothed. 
If you are curious as to the real Northumbrian 
