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derivation from the River Ock in Berkshire, or from the parish of Ock in the same county.

I do not know of any records of the family of Fettiplace, but near Wantage is an ancient building, formerly occupied by the Fetti- places, wherein Charles I. slept on his inarch from Oxford to Marlborough.

CHAS. F. FORSHAW, LL.D.

Bradford.

This is the fifth occasion on which inquiries have appeared in ' N. & Q.' for particulars of persons bearing this singular name, and information has generally been obtained. See 2 nd S. iii. ; 6 th S. v. ; 7 th S. vi., viii. ; th S. iv. EVERARD HOME COLEMAN.

71, Brecknock Road.

LECHE FAMILY (10 th S. i. 207, 274, 293, 334). Two branches of this family have pedi- grees in Ormerod's ' Cheshire,' one resident at Mollington on the Birkenhead side of Chester, the other for generations occupying the fine old hall at Garden, close to Broxton station of the line between Chester and Mai pas. When I was a boy the then squire was John Hurleston Leche, High Sheriff of Cheshire in 1853. He died recently, and was succeeded by his son, also John Hurleston Leche, who was born 19 November, 1858. Several of the family held corporate office in the city of Chester. The following were sheriffs : George Leeche (1536-7) ; Henry Leeche (1564-5); Randal Leeche (1578-9)"; John Leeche (1628).

T. CANN HUGHES, M.A., F.S.A.

Lancaster-

LEGEND OF THE COUNCIL OF CONSTANCE (10 th S. i. 8). Maikov is probably adopting for his own purposes an old legend of the Council of Basle, told by Heine in his ' Germany,' first part, book i. On Heine's story C. G. Leland has the following note ('The Works of Heiurich Heine,' vol. v., pp. 13 14) :

"It may interest many readers to know how

Heine himself translated, for which reason I give the original of this tale, as first told by Manlius, and repeated by Grosius in his ' Magica, seu Mirabilium Historiarum de Spectris et Apparitionibus,' Islebife, 1597. It occurs in several later works. Heine took his version from Kornmann, Temp. N.H., 1611 : ' Docti quidani viri in Concilio Basliensi animre [Leland animd] gratia in sylvulam egressi fuerant, ut amice de controversiis illius temporis conferrent. Inter eundum [L. eundem] aviculam in modum lusciniffl dulcissime canentem audiunt : admirantur vocis dulcedinem ; cujus sit avis cantus dubitant. Ingressi silvam, arbori insidentem aviculam conspi- cantur, eamque citra remissionem quam suavissime canentem attentis omnes et animis et auribus aus- cultant. Tandem is, qui caeteris cordatior videri vole- bat, alloquitur his verbis aviculam : " Adjuro te in nomine Christi, ut indices nobis, quis sis?"

Respoudit avicula: " Se esse unam ex damnatis animabus, et destinatam esse ad eum locum, usque ad diem novissimum. et tune supplicium aeternum subeundum esse." His dictis avolavit ex arbore, clamitans: "O quam diuturna et immensa est seternitas ! " " Indieo fuisse Diabolum," inquit Philippus Melancthon. " in illo loco habitantem." Omnes vero qui huic adjurationi interfuerunt, vehementer negrotare cceperunt, et paulo post sunt mortui (* In Collectaueis Manlii ')."

Leland goes on to point out the differences between this story and Heine's version of it. JOHN B. WAINEWRIGHT.

PERIODICALS FOR WOMEN (10 th S. i. 228, 295). Let me add another to the lists which have already appeared the Ladies' Cabinet, in small 8vo, illustrated with steel engravings, price sixpence monthly. It certainly ran a career for several years, and I can remember it in existence in 1843.

JOHN PICKFORD, M.A.

Newbourne Rectory, Woodbridge.

INDIAN SPORT (10 th S. i. 349). EMERITUS will find much valuable information on the subject of Indian sport, with reference to tiger shooting, buffalo hunting, snipe shoot- ing, &c., in a work en titled 'Letters on Sport in Eastern Bengal,' illustrated, by Frank B. Simson, of the Bengal Civil Service, pub- lished by R. H. Porter, 6, Tenterden Street, London, in 1886. Mr. Simson was in India from 1847 to 1873, and his last appoint- ment was that of Commissioner of Dacca. During those years he was a most distin- guished sportsman, and his book can be thoroughly relied upon for accuracy in every respect. He never exaggerated his exploits, and there is no embroidery whatever in any of his descriptions.

At p. 33 he writes : " I killed nine tigers in the first three days. I shot on the island of Duakin-Shabazpore." Duakin-Shabazpore is an island in the Soonderbuns, near Backer- gunge, full of tigers.

At p. 116 Mr. Simson remarks :

"As to the size of the tiger you will has-e very different accounts. There was an article on this subject, written by my friend Sir Joseph Fayrer in Xature for November, 1878. The statements of many experienced sportsmen .were recorded, my own among the number. I say there that no tiger killed by me measured more than eleven feet from snout to tail when properly measured. I may remark that the most experienced tiger-shooter in my own service stated that he did not think he had once killed one more than eleven feet and a few inches long, and I know he killed between four and five hundred tigers. The conclusion Sir Joseph comes to, after careful comparison of accounts, is that anything over ten feet is very large, but that tigers may exceed ten feet three inches : and that in a few rare exceptional instances eleven and even twelve feet have been recorded."