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lasted twelve or fourteen days, by being drowned in the Rhone.

There is a detailed life of this maiden in a work published (before 1877) under the auspices of Mgr. Affre, Archbishop of Paris. Eusebius, in his 'Ecclesiastical History,' Book V. chap, i., writes : ** Even the Gentiles confessed that no woman among them had ever endured sufferings so many and great as these." See also Foxe's ' Book of Martyrs.' F. A. EDWARDS.

The only well-known Blandina is that native of Lyons commemorated by the Bollandists under 2 June ; but she may not be the one referred to by ASTARTE, as her martyrdom is differently described. There is nothing about crucifixion.

JAS. PLATT, Jun.

St. Blandina was one of the martyrs of Lyons towards the close of the second cen- tury. She was tied to post in the amphi- theatre, her arms being extended in the form of a cross ; then hungry wild beasts were let loose upon her. They rushed into the arena with a roar, and, it is said, going straight to the victim, stopped short, bowed their heads, wagged their tails, and seemed more like lambs than wild beasts. Blandina was taken back to prison, and reserved for other combats. See * St. Pothin et ses Com- pagnons, J by S. Andre Gouillond.

CONSTANCE RUSSELL.

Blandina was a slave who was put to death as a Christian in the outbreak at Smyrna in the middle of the second century. A state- ment of her suffering is given in Cardinal Newman's eloquent reply to Gibbon, in his
 * Grammar of Assent,' chap. x. 2, p. 474.

WlCKSIDGE.

Blandina is the wife of Sir Turpin in * The Faery Queene,' Book VI. cantos iii., vi., vii.

W. T.

Forty years ago I knew at Bude, in the north of Cornwall, the daughter of a coast- guard who bore Blandina for her Christian name the only instance of its use I have met. DUNHEVED.

[MR. ANDREW OLIVER also thanked for reply.]

DOVER- WINCHESTER ROAD (10 th S. v. 409). I have given my lecture upon the old track- way from Winchester to Canterbury several times, but I am not aware of any complete report of the lecture existing. It is. of course, based upon a monograph which I wrote in the year 1904, after having made a rather thorough exploration of the road in the days -coinciding with the date of the first pilgrim-

age, that is, the third week in December" This monograph was published by Messrs* Constable in 1904, under the title 'The Old Road.' HILAIRE BELLOC.

DECUYPER'S * COLLEGE ALPHABET ' (10 th S. v. 268). This is the Belgian students' song, and runs as follows :

.4, a,, valete studia ! Studia relinquimus, patriam repetimus. A, a, a, &c.

E, e, e, ite miserise ! Instant nobis ferise, tempus est Isetitite.

E, e, e, &c.

/, i, i, vivant philosophi ! Studiosi parvuli, etiam sunt bibuli. /, i, i, &c.

O, o, o, nil est in poculo : repleatur denuo ! Nummi aunt in sacculo. 0, o, o, &c.

C7,, w, ingente spiritu Celebramus epulas ! Cras habemus ferias. U, u, w, &c.

1", ?/, y, kom schenk en drink met my, want wy zyn hier niet gekomen om te slapen of te droomen.

F, y, y, &c.

MR. ANDERSON will find the music and further details in Fl. van Duyse, ' Het oude Nederlandsche Lied,' Deel I. bl. 894 ('a Gra- venhage, M. Nijhoff, 1903).

A. E. H. SWAEN. Groningen.

WEST'S PICTURE OF THE DEATH OF GENERAL WOLFE (10 th S. v. 409). In The Army and Navy Gazette of 20 January, 1893, the names of those shown in West's picture of the death of Wolfe are recorded from a key in the Ottawa Gallery.

The wounded officer on the right of Wolfe is Major-General Monckton, second in com- mand, who was shot through the lungs, but recovered. The General is supported by Mr. Adair, the surgeon, on his left, and on his right by his aide-de-camp Capt. Hervey Smith. Immediately above the General is Col. Barre,and close to the officer holding the colours is Col. Williamson. Capt. Dabbieg is introduced behind General Monckton ; and the officer in the uniform of a native regi- ment calling the attention of the General to French colours is Sir William Howe, The right of the picture exhibits a Grenadier of the General's (Wolfe's) own regiment, and his servant lamenting his fate.

It is believed that Col. Williamson was the