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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[2°a S. IX. May 26. '60. 



La Chasse du Sanglier in France. — Three 

 summers ago, when at Brighton, I went to Craik's 

 Baths to take a tepid sea-bath, and while it was 

 preparing I was shown into a waiting-room, the 

 walls of which were decorated by painted figures 

 of the natural size, representing what from a cur- 

 sory view I considered to be what in English 

 phraseology we term a " Meet" for la Chasse aux 

 cliiens courans of the Wild Boar at Fontainebleau, 

 and there was a full equipage de chasse in attend- 

 ance. From the dresses of the persons present 

 at this rendezvous de chasse, I could not decide 

 the epoch when it must have taken place. It 

 might have been towards the close of the reign of 

 Louis XVI., or during the time of the Conven- 

 tion, or during the transition period between 

 these two points. Altogether it appeared to me 

 very curious and interesting, and well executed : 

 and if any reader of " N. & Q." can favour me 

 with its history and other particulars, I shall feel 

 obliged to him. From inquiry I find it is now 

 being demolished to make room for improvements 

 or alterations ; but I trust drawings or some 

 means have been taken to preserve a representa- 

 tion of it. 2. 2. 



Rev. George Oliver, D.D. — Can you inform 

 me where I can procure a list of the works that 

 have been published by the Rev. George Oliver, 

 D.D., of Exeter, with their dates, in addition to 

 his Monasticon f Also, has any portrait of him 

 ever been published ? * G. H. P. 



Samuel Daniel. — The inscription forwarded 

 by E. D. (2 nA S. ix. 286.) corresponds exactly 

 with a copy taken from the tablet and forwarded 

 to me by the rector of Beckington, so that there 

 can be no question as to its correctness. Let me 

 add my entreaties to these of E. D., and ask Mr. 

 Robinson (ante, p. 152.) to strain his memory to 

 the utmost for the sake of 



"Honey-sweet Daniel." 



Can you point out to me a really good life of 

 him ? As yet I have not been fortunate enough to 

 meet with one anything like perfect. G. fi. K. 



[We are not able at present to point out a better ac- 

 count of Samuel Daniel than the one furnished by Kippis 

 in the Biographia Britannica. Mr. Headley in the bio- 

 graphical sketches prefixed to his Select Beauties of An- 

 cient English Poetry has given an accurate estimate of 

 Daniel's poetical character.] 



Date or the Crucifixion. — Has anyone en- 

 deavoured to fix the exact date of the Crucifixion, 

 so as to be able to say on this — of — was com- 

 pleted that stupendous sacrifice, 1 860 [1 827-1 831 ?] 



[* The titles of many of Dr. Oliver's works will be 

 found in Davidson's Bibliotheca Devoniensis. — Ed. ] 



years ago ? How much the solemn feelings proper 

 to the season would be heightened if on any year 

 " Good Friday " actually corresponded with the 

 day. 



The date of the Crucifixion being fixed, that 

 of Ascension Day, and of the descent of the Holy 

 Spirit and Gift of Tongues could also, I suppose, 

 be easily fixed. Cywrm. 



Porthyr Aur, Carnarvon. 



[Clinton (Fasti Romani) is of opinion that the cruci- 

 fixion " may be probably assigned to Friday, April 15 " 

 (ii. 2-13). About this there is and must be some un- 

 certainty. There appears, however, to be little room for 

 doubting that Our Saviour died at the time of the slaj'ing 

 of the Paschal Lamb. " It came to pass that Jesus ex- 

 pired upon the cross on the day and in the hour at which 

 the Pascbal Lamb was appointed to be slain" (Clinton, 

 ii. 240). And again', " About the same hour of the day 

 when the Paschal Lamb was offered in the Temple, did 

 Christ die on Calvarv." (Kitto, Cyclo., Note on "Pass- 

 over."] 



Rebellion of 1715. — Some friend of " IS* & 

 Q." will perhaps be kind enough to let me know 

 where I can find a list of the names of the rebels 

 taken at Preston in 1715, as well also whether 

 there be any printed or written account of the 

 trials of Dalton, Tyldesley, Muncaster, Wads- 

 worth, Leybourne, &c ? Any information will be 

 kindly received, as I am publishing notes on the 

 Diary of Thomas Tyldesley, the father of Edward, 

 who was engaged in the above affair. 



W. Thornber. 



Blackport. 



[A list of the rebels taken at Preston will be found in 

 Robert Patten's History of the late Rebellion, 8vo. 1717. 

 At p. 137. he states that " Edward Tildesley of the Lodge, 

 a papist, Lancashire, was acquitted by the jury at the 

 Marshalsea, though it is proved he had a troop, and 

 entered Preston at the head of it with his sword drawn ; 

 but his sword had a silver handle." Another '• list of 

 the noblemen and gentlemen taken at Preston," is printed 

 in A Compleat History of the late Rebellion, p. 75., 8vo. 

 1716. Consult also Baines's History of Lancashire, iv. 

 323-327. The trials of the prisoners at Liverpool com- 

 menced on Jan. 20, 1716, and lasted till Feb. 8. ; but no 

 report appears to have been published.] 



Rifling. — A letter from the Common Serjeant 

 of London to Sir W. Cecil, dated 1569, Sept. 4, 

 speaks of the fraudulent game called Rifling. 

 What was this ? Abracadabra. 



[A game with dice. "Plus de points. A rifling, or a 

 kind of game wherein he that in casting doth throw most 

 on the dyce, takes up all the monye that is layd down." 

 Nomenclator, quoted in Nares's Glossary, edit. 1859.] 



Etymology of Rifle. — What is the etymology 

 of the word rifle? I have heard one given, but 

 cannot recall it. The dictionaries throw no light 

 upon the subject. Niceensis. 



[From the German reiftln, to flute, to furnish with 

 small grooves or channels.] 



B. Huydecoper. — Can anyone conversant with 

 Dutch literature oblige me with the title of a 



