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NOTES AND QUERIES. [ii s. VL SEPT. 21, 1912.

Bro. Kemp was also enrolled a member, on 12 April, 1843, of the Lodge of Journey- men Masons, No. 8, Edinburgh, a lodge that at its institution in 17079 consisted ohiefly of operative journeymen masons.

On 6 March, 1844, Kemp was accidentally drowned in the Union Canal, Edinburgh, two and a half years previous to the com- pletion of his masterpiece. A contemporary note on the passing of him who raised Scott's Monument and his own states : us before the completion of his splendid work, but he lived to see every obstacle to its accomplishment fully removed."
 * ' This gifted architect has been taken from

On 2 April, 1844, Lodge St. Andrew held a funeral lodge in honour of her distinguished son. The following excerpt in connexion with this meeting is taken from the minute- book of Lodge St. David, Edinburgh, No. 36 :

"2nd April, 1844. Several Brethren of St. Davids proceeded to Free Masons Hall on a visit to the Lodge St. Andrew to pay the last Tribute of respect to the Memory of Brother George M. Kemp, Architect of the Monument at present erecting to the memory of Sir Walter .Scott. The R.W. Master of the Lodge St. Andrew, Brother Stevenson, presided with his usual ability, and the Rev d Brother Boyle of Portobello delivered the Oration in a style of Impressive Eloquence calculated to bring home the solemn character of the event to the hearts of all, he offered a beautiful and touching tribute to the Talents and Memory of the deceased Architect."

The hall at IA, Hill Street, Edinburgh, lias been in use for Masonic meetings since October, 1893, and is the meeting-place of the following lodges : St. David, Edin- burgh, No. 36 (originally Canongate from Leith), instituted 2 March, 1738, an historical sketch of which appeared in ' N. & Q.' Xsee ante, p. 82) ; Lodge Edinburgh St. Andrew, No. 48 (originally the Scots Lodge in Canongate), instituted 6 February, 1745, already referred to as the mother lodge oJ G. M. Kemp, and in which Robert Burns in January, 1787, was first hailed as " Cale- donia's Bard " ; Lodge Edinburgh St James, No. 97 (formerly called St. James's Operative Lodge), instituted 19 August 1765, which acquired the Hill Street Lodge Room (from which the large picture representing the Temple at Jerusalem was removed) when the Edinburgh Town Counci took over the Writers' Court for the exteri sion of the municipal buildings ; and Lodge Dramatic and Arts, Edinburgh, No. 757 instituted in August, 1888, to which the double -manual pipe organ referred to by MB. BUBDON (see ante, p. 146) belongs

3n a plate on the front of this organ is the ollowing inscription :

This Organ was presented to The Lodge Dramatic and Arts of Edinburgh

No. 757

in November 1893 by Robert Anstruther Goodsir M.D.

Arctic Explorer & Traveller who in March 1849 led a search party to the Arctic Regions in the ship " Advice " in search of the Franklin Expedition.

A. M. MACKAY, Past Master 36 (S.C.).

JOHN TAYLOB, THE WATI^R - POET. Taylor's four little books directed against Cory ate are thus numbered by Prof. A. F. Pollard in his article in the ' D.N.B.' : (1) 'The Scoller,' 1612 (another edition, 1614); (5) 'The Eighth Wonder of the World,' 1613 ; (6) ' Odcombs Complaint ; or, Coriats funerall Epicedium,' 1613; (10) ' Laugh and Be Fat ; or, a Commentary vpon the Odcombyan Banket,' 1613 ? or 1615. The British Museum Catalogue dates No. 10 " 1613 ? "

The order of composition and publication of the four works is seen from Taylor's own words to be (1) ' The Scoller,' (2) ' Laugh and Be Fat,' (3) ' Odcombs Complaint,' (4) 'The Eighth Wonder.'

As the first edition of ' The Scoller ' appeared in 1612, according to Prof. Pollard (there is no copy in the British Museum) i.e., soon after the appearance of Coryate's ' Crudities,' 1611 and as ' Odcombs Com- plaint ' and ' The Eighth Wonder ' are both dated 1613, the date of 'Laugh and Be Fat ' (a skit on Coryate's ' Odcombian Banquet,' 1611) cannot be 1615. and must be either 1612 or 1613, probably 1612. If there was an edition of ' The Scoller ' prior to that of 1612, ' Laugh and Be Fat ' might even have appeared in 1611.

Taylor's words, to which I have referred, are these. In ' Laugh and Be Fat ' (B 1 v) : But I alas to make thy fame more fuller, Did lately write a Pamphlet call'd the Sculler.

(Notice the word " lately.")

In ' The Eighth Wonder ' he says that, in consequence of Coryate's having obtained an order against ' Laugh and Be Fat,' the copies " all were burnt." Then after that when rumour had him

drown' d. .. .

I writ a letter to th' Elizian coast .... [called] ' Odcombs Complaint or Coryats Funerall.'