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INDEX OF NAMES (continued).

Inglis, 143

Jacob, 74 James, 110 Johnson, 15 Jones, 20

Keate. 43 Kelly, 110 King, 167 King Charles, 7 King George,

131

King James, 7 King William

and Mary. 7,

131

Laisne, ~2'2 Lang. 2 Langford. 169 Le Blano. 87 Lee, 157 Leeds, 141 Lefort, 97 Leige, 135 Lessiman. 155 Lewis, 110, 122 Lilley, 2<? Landores, 176 Lovelaco, 124 Lucass II

Me Arthur. 25 Macdonald, 8 Mclntoch, 52 Macintosh. 11 Mackay, 24 McLaren, 116 McLeod. 75 McMollen. 88

Mahoney, 110 Mara, 153 Maryborough,

Duke of, 131 Mathews, 66 May, 5 Medley, 148 Middleton, 31 Miller, 62 Montmorency,

77, 156

Moorehead, 136 Morris, 55 Moseley, 78 Moxon, 110 Murry. 93 Murtagh, 110

Nisbett, 16 Noades, 168 Xunn, 74

Ogle, 49, 88 O'Hara, 177 Owen, 73

Paget, 82 Parsey, 45 Pearson, 100 Penwright, 110 Pittonet, 149 Pond, 123 Poulton, 46 Pym, 74

Renton, 10 Eevell, 133 Reynolds, 162 Rippley, 152 Robertson, 41 Robinson, 110,

124

Ross, 173 Rossiter, 139

Saunderson, 110 Smith, 76 Sopps, 125 Sparke, 59 Stacey, 110 Stevens, 137 Story, 171 Stringer, 110 Stuart, 83 Sutherland, 84 Symons, 39

Tiphaine, 135 Trapaud, 72

Vickers, 115 Villers, 88

Walker, 92, 138 Warburton, 12 W 7 hatmore, 114 Whitby, 110 Williams, 110 Williamson, 37 Queen Ann, 131 Wilson, 54, 99 Wood, 144 Woodley, 121 Wyatt, "67

Ramsey, 28 Ranby, 58 Rankin, 13, 14 Reid, 170

Young, 175

INDEX OF PLACES. Blackbrook, Staffs, 67 Pendennis Castle, 73

Cavenham, Suff., 87 Hendon. Midd., 57 Hobart Town, 116 Kaffirland, 110 Kilmain, 177 Laverton. Som., 43

Peninsula, 51 Queen's Elm, 6 St. Luke's, 162 Tyrawly, 177 Waterloo, 51 Wells, 43

REGIMENTS.

Horse Guards Blue, 100 67th Regt., 116 R.H. Artillery, 108 71st Regt., 87

3rd Dragoon Guards, 70, 73rd Regt., 110

114 76th Regt., 74

7th Hussars, 102 89th Regt., 92

Coldstream Guards, 112 Queen's Royal Regt. of

R. Engineers, 90 3rd Buffs, 24 5th Regt., 162 26th Regt., 74 28th Regt,, 82 45th Regt., 51 48th Regt,, 59 52nd Regt., 72 64th Regt., 74

Volunteers, 54 5th Veteran Battalion,

87

German Legion, 51 Col. Villers's Regt., 88 18th Bengal Infantrv,

127 3rd West India Regt.,

136

G. S. PARBY, Lieut. -Col. 17, Ashley Mansions, S.W.

CHRISTMAS EVE IN PROVENCE. To any one who knows the charm of Provence it is not necessary to define it ; to any one who does not, it is impossible. Just lately my imagination has brought me back within the range of its spell, for I have been meditating on its way of celebrating Calendo r and before the hustle of other things causes me to forget, I feel that I may as well make a few notes for the pleasure of ' N. & Q. T as well as for my own.

As in England. Christmas Eve is the occasion of as much social and domestic ritual as the Day itself. Our Book of Common Prayer has the Even of the Nativity of Our Lord in its table of the Vigils, Fasts, and Days of Abstinence to be observed in the year ; but it is commonly treated as a festival, and the same usage is favoured in Provence, unless avoidance of flesh, when abundance of other eatables is enjoyed, be accounted mortification. Mistral relates in ' Memoires et Recite T that the labourers on his father's land left work early on the day, and were each dis- missed with gifts of a cake made with oil, some nougat, figs, cheese, celery, and a bottle of mulled wine. Those left at the farm- house went to fetch in what we call the Yule log, which was usually furnished by a fruit tree, and, I think, preferably by a pear. It was borne by the eldest and the youngest member of the party, who carried it three times round the kitchen, and then deposited it upon the hearth. The head of the family poured a glass of mulled wine over it and said :

Joy ! Joy ! My good children, may God fill us with gladness !

With Christmas all good conies. May God mercifully enable us to see the year that

is at hand, And if there be not more of us, may there not be less I

Then amid shouts of joy the log was put upon the fire-dogs, and its first flame was- observed with reverence. The author of 'Provence: Vieilles Moeurs, Vieilles C'outumes T (C. Senes dit La Sinse), gives us another very interesting prayer, which ^eems to be actually addressed to the block itself :

" Mix the brightness of thy flames with that of our heart?, and maintain among us peace and good health. Warm with thy fire the feet of orphans and of sick old men. Guard the house of the poor z and do not destroy the hopes of the peasant or the seaman's boat."

Fragments of the charring wood may, it is said, be passed over the festive table- cloth with impunity ; and the ashes are treasured to serve as insect-powder and as a preventive of disease among poultry and rabbits. La Sinse relates, by the way, that