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 io«- s. iv. DBC. 9, iocs.] NOTES AND QUERIES. 467 from an old Lusatian word barltn or lerlen = Cech Men, i.e., a water-rake built across a river to stop floated wood. Accordingly, Berlin would owe its origin and name to a station on the river Spree where floated wood was landed (see an article, ' Ueber den slavischen Namen Berlin,' by Dr. G. Hey, in Herrig's Archiv, vol. Ixix. pp. 201-6, 1883). H. KKEBS. JOHN LEDERBR.—"The Discoveries of John Lederer, in three several Marches from Virginia, to the West of Carolina, and other parts of the Continent: begun in March, 1069, and ended in September, 1670," were "collected and translated out of Latine from hk Discourse and Writings by Sir William Talbot, Baronet." The book was licensed 1 November, 1671, by Roger L'Estrange, and " Printed by J. C. for Samuel Heyrick, at Qrays - Inne-gate in Holborn. 1672." The author is treating of "the Manners and Customsof thelndians inhabiting the Western parts of Carolina and Virginia," who, he explains (p. 3), "are none of those which the English removed frpm Virginia, but a people driven by an Enemy from the Northwest, and invited to sit down here by an Oracle above four hundred years since, as they pretend." On p. 4 he tells us that "they worship one God, Creator of all things, whom some call Ohee, others Mannith: to him alone the High-priest, or Periku, offers Sacrifice ; and yet they believe he has no regard to sublunary affairs, but commits the Government of Mankinde to lesser Deities, as Qmacosouyh and Tagkanysouyh, that is, good and evil Spirits." I have been unable to find any trace of the publication of Lederer's ' Discourses ' in Latin. ROBT. J. WHITWELL. •GENEALOGIES IN PREPARATION. — Many of your readers who are studying family history will probably be interested to learn that the Librarian of the New England Historic Genea- logical Society, 18, Somerset Street, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., has in a special file a collection of more than five hundred reports from the compilers of genealogies not yet published. From this list information is •courteously supplied by him, in response to any reasonable inquiry. It serves as an excellent means of opening intercommunica- tion, and is a good illustration of a method that might be generally applied to all biblio- graphical investigation. See Scottish Notes and Queries, second series, vol. vii. p. 63 (October, 1905). EUGENE FAIRFIELD McPiKE. Chicago, U.S. • Qutrhs. WE must request correspondent* desiring in- formation on family matters of only private interest to affix their names and addreaseg to their queries, in order that answers may be sent to them direct. MELTON CLOTH : MELTON JACKET. — Is anything known with regard to the origin of "Melton cloth" (or simply "Melton") as a name for a kind of broadcloth ? The earliest instance I have is in Simmonds's 'Diet, of Trade' (1858); earlier quotations would be welcome. The recent dictionaries say that Melton was the name of the original maker; but I have found no evidence for this, and it would be more natural to guess that the fabric was named from Melton Mowbray. What does Byron mean by "the Melton jacket" ('Don Juan,' xiii. st. 78)? Was it the current name of some particular pattern or style of jacket worn by hunters 1 or does it refer merely to the costume actually worn at Melton? HENRY BRADLEY. Clarendon Press, Oxford. BRATHWAIT'S ' HUNTSMAN'S RAUNGE.'— Richard Brathwait, in his 'English Gentle- man,' 1633, writing of outdoor recreations, remarks (p. 197) :— "In this rank may be numbered Hunting and Hawking, pleasures very free and generous, and such as the noblest dispositions have naturally affected. For what more admirable than the pleasures of the Hare, if we observe the uses which may be made of it, as I have elsewhere more amply discoursed." A marginal note refers the reader to "a Treatiseentituled 'The Huntsman's Raunge.'" I should be glad to know where a copy of this treatise may be seen, or at all events to learn the date and extent of it. I do not find it mentioned by Lowndes in his list of works attributed to Brathwait. J. E. HARTING. Weybridge. REPARTEE OF ROYALTY.—I am making a collection of the repartee of modern sove- reigns. Will any readers help me with authentic data and the circumstance which brought forth the bon mot? As the subject may not be of general interest, perhaps they would be kind enough to address me direct. RUDOLPH DE CORDOVA. 2, Pump Court, Middle Temple, E.G. JAMES BUTLER, DUKE OF ORMOND.—Is inything known of James Butler, the last Duke of Ormond, after he was attainted for tiigh treason in the reign of George I. for a plot to restore the Stuart dynasty ? Was he married at the time? He was supposed to