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to sustain them under the fatigues of the chase ! " Hunter's wood," however, is sheer nonsense. DONALD FERGUSON.

GHOST- WORDS. A paragraph in a recent number of The St. James's Gazette states that Dr. J. A. H. Murray has a collection of what Prof. Skeat calls " ghost-words." An instance from my own experience may be worth recording in ' N. & Q.'

In an early number of The Church Quarterly Review an article on the nature of God contained the expression " the buto- logical argument." As is my wont, I turned up lexicon and dictionary to learn what this new thing might be, but in vain. At last it flashed upon me that the u was an inverted n, and 6 had taken the place of the letter o, and lo ! that strange fowl " butological " resolved itself into the familiar" ontological argument." It showed considerable ingenuity on the part of the compositor in inventing so plausible-looking a word, but the error was never corrected in the Review. J. A. HEWETT, Canon.

Cradock, S.A.

[CANON HEWITT will probably be interested in the series of articles on ' Ghost- Words ' which .appeared at 9 8. ii. 341, 406, 485 ; iii. 2 ; from the pen of PROF. SKEAT. Other instances are discussed -at 9 S. iii. 205, 304 ; 10 S. iii. 405, 498 ; iv. 28, 73, 105.]

"" DRUG " AND " PHARMACOPOEIA " IN THE ' N.E.D.' " Drug " is thus defined :

"1. An original, simple, medicinal substance, organic or inorganic, whether used by itself in its natural condition or prepared by art, or as an in- gredient in a medicine or medicament. Formerly <used more widely to include all ingredients used in chemistry, pharmacy, dyeing, and the arts generally, as still in French. In early use always in the pi. : <Cf. Spices (so in Fr.)."

" Pharmacopoeia " is defined as :

" 1. A book containing a list of drugs, with direc" tions for their preparation and identification : *pec- .such a book officially published by authority and revised at stated times."

If the definition of " drug " is correct .and sufficient, then that of " pharmacopoeia" is not, for a pharmacopoeia is not a list of " original, simple, medicinal substances " merely, or of " ingredients " merely, whether simple or not.

It is also worthy of note that " catholi- con," which is spoken of as a " drugge " in one of the illustrative quotations under the latter word, was not a " simple medicinal substance," but a medicine compounded of something like a dozen ingredients.

C. C. B.

(SJum&s.

WE must request correspondents desiring in- formation on family matters of only private interest to affix their names and addresses to their queries, in order that answers may be sent to them direct.

ENGINEERS' PORTRAITS. I am anxious to obtain photographs or prints of well- known engineers, in order to complete a collection of Past Presidents of the oldest engineering society in this country, of which I am at present the hon. secretary. As I am unable to obtain certain of these, perhaps some of your readers will advise me where they can be found.

The Society was formed in 1771, and the following names are among those I require :

Bryan Donkin, President in 1843.

William Cubitt, 1845.

Dr. P. M. Roget, 1846.

Joshua Field, 1848.

John Taylor, 1849.

James Simpson, 1850.

Thomas Lloyd, 1851.

James Walker, 1852.

Charles Vignoles, 1853. . Wollaston Blake, 1858.

I shall be most grateful to any readers of ' N. & Q.' who can assist me in this matter. JOHN A. RENNIE.

Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers.

MARSHALL'S ' GENEALOGIST'S GUIDE ' : A SUPPLEMENT. I am indexing the pedi- grees that have been printed since the last edition of this most useful book. Will your readers kindly send me the titles of any books containing genealogies that ought to be included in my supplement ?

GERALD FOTHERGILL.

11, Brussels Road, New Wandsworth, S.W.

LEWIS, FRIEND OF JACK MYTTON. Can this individual be identified ? He was ruined through his connexion with the famous sporting John Mytton, of Shrews- bury. His daughter married a Mr. Hodgson. To which of the Welsh families of Lewis did he belong ? Any further particulars will be gratefully received.

FRED. G. ACKERLEY.

Grindleton Vicarage, Clitheroe.

CHARTERS TO CITY GUILDS. Is there any work in existence giving a list of charters granted to City companies or guilds during the reign of James I. ? ENQUIRER.

BADGES OF THE CITY GUILDS. I should be glad if any reader of ' N. & Q.' could tell me which of the City companies adopted