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 v. JAN. G, 1906.] NOTES AND QUERIES.

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The anecdote quoted as from Dean Ramsay's 'Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Cha- racter ' is given in the original as follows :

"Oo?(Wool?)


 * ' Ay, oo (Yes, wool).

"A' oo? (All wool?)

"Ay, a' oo (Yes, all wool).

" A' ae oo ? (All same wool ?)

" Ay, a' ae oo (Yes, all same wool)."

See twentieth edition, chap. iv. p. 109 (Edinburgh, Edmonston & Douglas, 1871).

T. F. D.

ANTHONY RICH (10 th S. iv. 461). I can add to the interesting note by MR. W. P. COURT- NEY. To have got all those facts together with so much accuracy must have entailed a good deal of labour, though the skill of the writer prevents it from being apparent. What always strikes me as curious in cases like this is that those who benefit so con- siderably in an unexpected manner seldom, if ever, do anything to the honour of the person whose benevolence they enjoy.

In 1873 a friend sent me the following note as I have never seen the book I cannot vouch for the title :

"The handbook of taste: or how to observe works of art, especially cartoons, pictures, and statues. By Fabius Pic tor. London, Longmans, 1843 ; second edition, 1844, small 8vo, pp. 119, price 3s.

" N.I3. The author was Anthony Rich, son of A. Rich, one of the six clerks in Chancery."

My friend added : " I fear this book was before its time, and was not a pecuniary success."

Under 'Pictor' Allibone gives the title. Under ' Rich ' he says that the ' Dictionary ' had nearly 2,000 woodcuts. The expense of these must have been enormous. In the present day all of them could be done by a reproducing process without losing the artist's style, as they mostly did, with woodcuts (see my ' Swimming,' pp. 30, 245).

In 1 st S. iii. 256 is an advertisement, " This day [29 March, 1851] is published 'The Legend of St. Peter's Chair,''' 3 &c., and at p. 228 of the same volume is a reply on the picture of the head of the Saviour, signed A. R, jun. RALPH THOMAS.

WOODEN WATER - PIPES IN LONDON (10 th S. iv. 465). Since the excavations in the Theobalds Road were commenced I have seen a considerable number of wooden water- pipes brought to the surface. They were found in an almost continuous length between Red Lion Street and Gray's Inn Road ; and their direction was invariably east and west. No doubt they formed part of the line seen by MR. MORLEY DAVIES north of Kingsgate

Street. A feature of the excavations behind Gray's Inn Gardens was the number of bones of horses and dogs dug up ; the large worn cobble stones were also common.

Except that it extended to Holborn Bridge from the north end of Lamb's Conduit Street, I cannot find any indication of the direction of the pipes feeding Lambe's Conduit. The following extract is from * Some Account of William Lambe,' &c., by Abraham Fleming, 1580 (reprint, 1875, p. 23) :

"For let us begin with the conduite, which he of his owne costs, not requiring either collection or contribution, founded of late in Holborne, not sparing expences so it might be substantiall, not pinching for charges so it might be durable and plentiful!, as they can testifie which sawe the seek- ing of the springs, the.maner of making the trenches, the ordering of the pipes, being in length from the head, to the saide conduite, more than two thousande yardes : and finally, the framing of euerie neces- sarie appurtenance therevnto belonging."

See also * Old and New London,' iv. 550. ALECK ABRAHAMS.

39, Hillmarton Road, N.

MULBERRY AND QUINCE (10 th S. iv. 386, 438). During all the days of my boyhood there stood a fine quince tree by the road leading to my father's orchard at West Haddon, Northamptonshire. It was, I believe, planted by my grandfather, and although now shorn of much of its beauty, it was still in position the last time I was on the pre- mises. Many people came to admire it when it was in blossom, or to beg some of its fruit, but I never once heard any one allude to the superstition that a mulberry must always be planted near a quince to avert ill luck. JOHN T. PAGE.

Long Itchington, Warwickshire.

JOHN PENHALLOW (10 th S. iv. 507). He was the son of Thomas Penhallow, and was descended from John Penhallow, who lived in the time of King Henry VII., and was married to Mary, daughter and coheiress of Vivian Penwarne, of Penwarne. John Pen- hallow, of Clifford's Inn, was married to Mary, daughter of Thomas Glyn, of Helston, by whom he had one daughter, Elizabeth, the wife of John Peters. His will was dated 17 May, 1716, and proved 13 July following. He was a distant cousin of Samuel Penhallow, who emigrated to America, and became Chief Justice at Portsmouth, New Hampshire. See Vivian's 'Visitations of Cornwall,' pp. 360, 362. W. F. PRIDEAUX.

" JAN KEES" (10 th S. iv. 509). "Kees" is a contraction of Cornelius, and " Jan Kees " merely means John Cornelius. The popu- larity of Cornelius in the Low Countries is