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266 NOTES AND QUERIES. [ii & xn. OCT. 2, 1915. it would be interesting to have some clearer statement than has yet been vouchsafed as to the evidence which induced them to select a site which appears to be unsupported by any contemporary document or view.

(11 S. xii. 100).—Her full maiden name was Laura Belinda Jewry, her father being Admiral Jewry, and the place of her birth is supposed to have been the Victory. At an early age she became connected with the family of Lord Elphinstone, and spent some years of her maiden life in India. She married when young the Rev. R. Valentine, a clergyman of the Church of England, but he died within twelve months.

Mrs. Valentine afterwards joined the staff of Messrs. Warne & Co., the well-known publishers, and rendered them very valuable service. She was practically the sole editor of "The Chandos Classics," and in the course of what may be called her "business life" was on terms of friendship with many well-known literary people. One of her great personal friends was General Kent, of Crimea fame, who, if now living, could probably give some personal details.

Mrs. Valentine died in harness, and the whole of her interests seem to have been wrapped up in her work. She left an only sister, Mary, who survived her some five or six years.

I am indebted for the foregoing details to the kindness of Mr. W. Fruing Warne.

(11 S. xii. 183).—I am not able to give the exact date of the publication of the Authorized Version, but it is not generally known that two editions, both handsome folios, were published by Robert Barker in 1611.

(11 S. xii. 201). Hasted's 'History of Kent' has Thomas Washer, Rector of Snodland, 1723, ob. 1748 (folio ed., vol. ii. p. 193; octavo ed., vol. iv. p. 470).

A family of this name is mentioned by Hasted in vol. i. p. 560 under Bromley:—

(11 S. xii. 200),—References to passages in classical authors which point to the use of fire to drive out those who have taken sanctuary may be found in more than one place. See Turnebus, 'Adversaria,' lib. ix. cap. xii., where the comment is made:—

See also Smith's 'Dict. of Ant.,' ed. 3, vol. i. p. 235, under 'Asylum'; and Pauly's 'Real-Encyclopädie,' new ed., vol. ii., col. 1882, s.v. 'Asylon.'

The references to classical authors are: Euripides, 'Andromache,' 257, and the Scholiast who says that this use of fire was customary,. 'Hercules Furens. 240 sqq. Plautus, 'Mostellaria,' V. i. 45 65 (=1114), 'Rudens,' III. iv. 56-63 (=761-768).

ENGLISH PIRATE'S HAUL, 1579 (11 S. xii. 199). On 1 March, 1579, Francis Drake, who had befen plundering the Spanish settle- ments on the Pacific coast and preying on their shipping, fell in with the so-called '* Cacafuego." This was his richest haul, the booty being estimated at 150,OOOZ. to 200,OOOZ. " The place where we tooke this prize, was called Cape de San Francisco, about 150 leagues from Panama" (Hak- luyt's ' Voyages,' vol. xi., 1904, p. 116). As Sir J. K. Laughton points out in the ' D.N.B.,' s. * Drake,' the amount of the treasure taken grew enormously in public estimation. EDWARD BENSLY.

Aberystwyth.

"PoiLu" (11 S. xi. 470; xii. 16). The old Japanese believed the liver to be the seat of boldness, and even nowadays the word Kimofutoi ('* big-livered ") signifies " bold." Hence in the following story, which is similar to the Greek one of Aristo- menes, the liver takes the place of the heart :

" A samurai, who was a subject of Gamo Shimotsuke-no-kami (A.D. 1603-27), was sen- tenced to harakiri on account of a certain default- After finishing the preparatory bath, he entreated the official inspector to permit him to nap, as it was his habit to sleep after bathing. This demand having been heard, he slept soundly, snoring for rather a long time. Then he awoke spontaneously, and killed himself by slashing his own abdomen, after asking the inspector to See