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NOTES AND QUERIES. [ii s. xn. JULY 3, 1915.

must acknowledge, beats even my pet instance of 1742.
 * Index to The Times ' : the last of which, I

An index-maker ought to put himself in the place of an index-consulter, and to look for those salient points which give character to an incident or a paragraph. The making of indexes does not require a high order of talent ; but it calls for perception, and a sense of order, and good common sense. So far as one can judge, this useful work is toe- frequently committed to the lower grade of literary hacks, and is poorly paid for. One remedy would be for reviewers to comment on such pieces of incompetency as are here cited, and not to cease until the nuisance is abated.

The fourteenth volume of Punch includes the first half of the memorable year 1848. It contains items relating to Richard Cobden, Bishop Hampden, Joseph Hume, Lamartine, Archbishop MacHale of Tuam, Smith O'Brien, and Sibthorp, not one of whose names is indexed. Under "T" we find "To the Unemployed " ; under " W" "We beg to Apologize" and "What can be done with Ireland ? " On p. 104 there is an interesting picture by Doyle, in a group, of Pius IX. in the early days of his pontificate. This, of course, is unindexed.

There should be room in London for a place where indexing would be contracted for and done in a thorough manner. But a really careful author will in most cases do his own indexing.

RICHARD H. THORNTON.

8, Mornington Crescent, N.W.

(gomes.

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.

ARMES ET 3CUSSONS ANGLAIS A LA CATHEDRALS DE BAYONNE.

1. LE=5 Armes d' Angle terre : de gueules d 3 leopards d'or, Tun sur Vaulre, se trouvent a la P re travee de la grande nef, a la 6 e travee du collateral norcl, a la 6 e travee du collateral sud, et a 1'arc transversal nord.

2\ La 6 e travee de la grande nef porte : Ecarteli de France et d Anglet^rre. C'est un ecu ecartele aux 1 et 4 d'aziir a trois fleurs de lys d'or et aux 2 et 3 de gueules a trois leopards d'or.

3. A la 3 e travee du collateral sud on. voit trois leopards contournes Tun sur lautre.

4. A la nervure du transept parait un roi ou prince anglais (Edward II. qu III., vers 1320-30).

Apres ces quatre ecus, dont 1'origine- certainement appartient a 1'Angleterre, je voudrais demander aux lecteurs de ' X. & Q-' s'ils pourraient m' aider a definir tres- exactement les cinq clefs de voute suivantes. Representeraient-elles les ecussons de quelque general ou.de quelque gouverneur anglais en Aquitaine, de 1152 a 1451 ? epoque de la. domination anglaise dans notre pays et de- la construction de la Cathedrale de Bayonne^

1.; A la 7 e travee du collateral sud, au- dessus de la petite rosace du fond, trois tete*: de cheval, posees en profit 2 et 1.

2. A la 5 e travee de la grande nef,. d'azur d un ours d'or passant devant un arbre de sinople charge de fruits d'or et accoste.. de deux croix patees et banderolle& de meme.

3. Entre la 5 e et la 6 e travee de la grande- nef, a 1'arc doubleau : un leopard d'or passant sur arbre, pied de vigne (?), aw naturel.

4. A 1'arc doubleau qui separe la 3 e et la. 4 e travee du collateral sud, deux animaux Vun sur Vautre.

5. A 1'arc doubleau qui separe les 2 e et 3 e travees du collateral nord, deux animaux: fantastiques.

CHANOINE DARANATZ, Secretaire de Mgr. 1'Eveque de Bayonne-

TALMA AS HAMLET. Can any one tell me where this portrait, by James Lonsdale r now is ? It was exhibited in the Royal Academy in 1818.

T. CANN HUGHES, M.A., F.S.A.

FIGURE SUBJECTS BY JAMES LONSDALE. I am anxious to trace the following, exhibited at the British Institution in the years shown :.

1. A Page to Fitzwalter (1816).

2. Hermione (1817).

3. Retirement (1822).

4. Student drawing from Bust of Michael Angelo (1825).

5. The Chymist (1827).

6. An Artist in his Studio (1835).

7. A Game at Chess (1837).

No. 6 (or a replica) was shown in the Royal Academy in 1835.

T. CANN HUGHES, M.A., F.S.A. Lancaster.