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NOTES AND QUERIES. [10* S. V. MAECH 24, 1906.

reprinted. A story by Thomas Frost runs through several numbers. C. W. BUTTON. Manchester.

ENGRAVINGS WANTED. I subjoin a list of four engravings. I am very anxious to trace the others of the series, and, above all, to find out the publication in which they appeared. I shall be very grateful to any one for assistance.

Dumfries. Plate as engraved by J. Walker from an original drawing by A. Reid, Esq. Published December 1st, 1793, by Harrison & Co., No. 18, Paternoster Row, London.

Friar's Carse. Plate 39, engraved by W. & J. Walker from an original drawing by A. Reid, Esq. Published Sept. 1st, 1793, by J. Walker, No. 16, Rosomons St., London.

Kirkcudbright. Plate 17, engraved by W. & J. Walker from an original drawing by A. Reid, Esq. Published Oct. 1st, 1792, by J. Walker, No. 16, Rosomons St., London.

George Cairns, late of Kipp. Drawn by J. E. Woodford from an original picture painted by, and in the possession of, A. Reid, Esq., of Kirkennan. Engraved by W. & D. Lizars, Edinburgh.

JOHN MUIR.

Athenaeum, Glasgow.

FENCIBLE REGIMENT. What was the name of the Fencible Regiment raised by Alex ander M'Gregor Murray in 1799 1

J. M. BULLOCH.

AFRICAN SLOTHS. Folk-lore for December, 1905, contains an article entitled ** Bayili Notes,' the Bavili being a Bantu tribe living on the Loango coast, north of the Congo river. Among the charms of this people, it appears, are strips of skin from the xinkanda and the xicifumu. These two animals are said to be sloths. Are these African sloths in any way allied to the sloths of South America and the West Indies ? M. P.

HERALDIC. Can any one kindly tell me the right colouring for the following coat oi arms, especially the colour of the martlets? Or, a saltire between four martlets gu.

BEATRICE.

'JOHN BULL AND HIS WONDERFUL LAMP. Does any reader know the name of the author of the following 1 ? "John Bull anc his Wonderful Lamp. By Homunculus London, John Petheram, High Holborn, 1849." CHAS. FARMER.

11, Chichester Rents, Chancery Lane, W.C.

GEORGE FALL, ARTIST. I have two small water-colour drawings of Durham and Lich- field Cathedrals, signed Geo. Fall, and shall be grateful for any information about the artist. B. M. D.

ROYAL ARMS IN CHURCHES.

(10 th S. v. 188.)

A GOOD deal of information about the above is included in the article * Armorial Adver- saria,' which appeared in The Gentleman's Magazine, June, 1900. The following notes may also interest.

In 1904, during the restoration of Simpson Church, Bucks, the removal of much white- wash, &c., from the wall over the chancel arch revealed the royal arms frescoed on the plaster ; they have been freed from superincumbent dirt and renovated. Though the initials on the arms are G. II., the arms are those used by Anne, viz., 1 and 4, England impaling Scotland ; 2, France; 3, Ireland.

In Leigh Church (near Southerid), Essex, the arms are carved in wood and placed over the south door (inside) ; they are the royal arms, with Hanover in pretence and a label of three points, with a ducal coronet in place of the crown. These arms, though royal, are not the king's arms, but those of a royal duke. To which H.R.H. do they belong 1 and how came they in the church ?

The above anomalies are not the only ones known to me ; in fact, erroneous royal arms are common in churches.

The arms of William III., necessarily un- common, can still be seen at Hillesden, Bucks, and in Great Yarmouth Church.

In Wimborne Minster the Elizabethan royal arms are preserved in the library, arms of a later date" being placed over the tower arch.

Bloxam makes exhaustive reference to this subject in the 4 Companion to Gothic Archi- tecture,' pp. 112-21 (Bell & Sons, 1882).

WILLIAM BRADBROOK. Bletchley.

I am sure my friend MR. LEDGER will not mind my correcting him in a slight matter. The royal arms in Morden Church are painted, not on the south wall, but. on a canvas which is framed. I only venture to write because 'N. & Q.' is nothing if not strictly accurate.

F. CLAYTON, Churchwarden of Morden.

In his ' Principles of Gothic Ecclesiastical Architecture' (eighth ed., 1859) Bloxam says on p. 454 :

"For the rood and attendant images the royal arms, with proper heraldic supporters, were substituted [after the Reformation]. These were fixed against or over the chancel arch, the upper part of which was frequently blocked up by them, and facing the congregation, so as to be seen by