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NOTES AND QUERIES. [io s. v. FEB. 17,

Acecinan asi el pescado como la carne. Las bebidas las sacan todos de la mandioca."

Is the "mandioca" the plant to which MR. J. PLATT refers] The allusion to the pre- paration of the soil for cultivation by the burning of trees reminds me of the etymology which I proposed in the Transactions of the Philological Society of London for herria, erria, which means the land, the country, and even the town in Baskish. In that language the word errea = t\\Q burnt, is, in most of the dialects, pronounced in the same way ; though without the definite article a, the e final would be sounded like English a. The burnt land becomes sowable, plough- able, inhabitable. EDWARD S. DODGSON.

A.O R. (10 th S. v. 69). 1 have never met these letters on printed books as indicative of the date, but think that they must be the initials of the printer. Printers frequently did not give their full name. Of course, without seeing the arrangement of the title- page, it is almost impossible to give a satis- factory reply. LUDAVIG ROSENTHAL.

Hildegardstrasse, 16, Munich.

The 'Dizionario di Abbreviature,' pub- lished by Hoepli at Milan, gives "Amico optimo requies " as the extension of the above initials. Whether this rendering could be made to fit in, a perusal of the full title- page would show. SHERBORNE.

PRISONER SUCKLED BY ins DAUGHTER (10 th S. iv. 307, 353. 432 ; v. 31). A chapbook was published at Northampton, about 1800, entitled 'The Affectionate Daughter: an Account of Antony Molina, whose Life was saved by Milk from his Daughter's Breast.' W. CURZON YEO.

Richmond, Surrey.

THE KING OF BATH (10 th S. v. 28, 75). MR. C. VAN NORDEN has kindly sent me the following particulars, which, as they are taken from the annual 'Guide 'to Bath,' may be trusted.

The Duke of Beaufort instituted the assemblies circa 1700. The first four M C.'s were Capt. Webster, Beau Nash, Mr. Collet, and Samuel Derrick. For an account of the rival candidates, after the death of Derrick in 1769, vide ' Battle of the Belles on y e Election of a King of Bath,' in The Oxford Magazine of the same year. Both these candidates retired in favour of Capt. Wade, who resigned in 1777. Two Assembly Rooms now existed, and a king ruled over each ; in the New Rooms, Mr. Dawson, 1777-85 ; Richard Tyson, promoted 1785 ; and in the Lower Rooms, Mr. Brereton, 1777-80;

Richard Tyson, 1780-85; Mr. King. A portrait of Capt. Wade by Gainsborough was sold recently at Christie's. Mr. Van Norden concludes by informing me that he has portraits of all the above (taken princi- pally from the ' Bath Guides '), except Mr. Collet, which he believes exists. From these particulars it would appear that the New Rooms were called the "Upper " Rooms.

If, as W. T. affirms (in answer to my surmise), Capt. Wade became Master of Ceremonies at Brighton, then it must have been his daughter who was concerned in the notorious cause celebre with a tailor named John Motherill in March, 1786. Capt. Wm. Wade himself was the co-respondent in the divorce case which John Hooke Campbell, Lyon King at Arms for Scotland, brought against his wife in December, 1777, and as this was the year of his retirement from the throne of. Bath, it may have been the cause of it. HORACE BLEACKLEY.

Fox Oak, Walton-on-Thames.

Philip Thicknesse, Lieutenant-Governor of Landguard Fort, in Suffolk, from 1753 to 1766, was a frequent resident in Bath, and induced Gainsborough to reside there during the winter months. For an account of Thicknesse, with a portrait, see the ' History of Landguard Fort,' by Major Leslie, London,, 1898. Carlyle always speaks of the city of waters as ''The Bath," and of the Wiltshire town as " The Devizes." Smollett lays several scenes at Bath, not only in ' Roderick Random' and 4 Humphry Clinker,' but also- in ' Peregrine Pickle.'

JOHN PICKFORD, M.A.

Newbourne Rectory, Woodbridge.

CROMWELL HOUSE, HIGHGATE (10 th S. iv. 48, 135, 437, 489). I am glad to learn that MR. J. COLYER MARRIOTT has prepared a history of the parish of Hornsey. I look forward to its publication with considerable- interest, and hope to find that the author has settled satisfactorily the question of General Ireton's occupancy of Cromwell House. My thanks are due to MR. MARRIOTT and COL. PRIDEAUX for calling attention to an erroneous statement of mine arising from some confusion in note-books in making Prickett responsible for asserting that the Countess of Huntingdon who resided at Highgate was the celebrated lady who supported Wesley and Whitefield. I offer an unstinted apology to the shade of the indus- trious historian. It is Howitt, and not Prickett, who makes the incorrect assertion. I was aware that W. S. Gibson won the gold medal offered by the committee of the High-