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 228 NOTES AND QUERIES. [n s. vn. MAR. 22,1913. REV. H. DE FOE BAKEB.—I have a •water-colour picture of Doune Castle, Scot- land, painted by the Rev. H. De Foe Baker, probably about 1790. It is a work of con- siderable merit, but I am unable to find out anything about the artist. Can any reader provide me with biographical details ? His name suggests a relationship to Daniel Defoe. Do any other drawings of his exist ? W. CABB, ABTIST.—I have just seen an interesting genre picture, evidently by an English artist, signed " W. Carr, 1792." I cannot find any reference to him in Mr. Algernon Graves's indispensable ' Dictionary of Artists ' (1901), or in any other book of reference. I shall be glad of any information about this accomplished artist. JOHN LANE. The Bodley Head, Vigo Street, W. "FtTBDALL."—What is the meaning of this word T It occurs in the Churchwarden's Account of the parish of Martin, near Horn- castle, and also in the Account of the Over- seer of the Poor for the same year, viz., 1675, us follows :— 1. " Martin : William Bond, Church warden, a just account of my Layings out for this year 1675. ... .Laved out for a furdale and nales to bottam the poolpit." 2. " Martin: William Bond, Overseer of the Poor, a full account what I have layed out for the Rolefe of the pore this yeare 1675... .Layed out for nalles and Dore bands, and a furdall for the tounes hous." The writing is beautifully clear, and the / is not an h, as suggested by some ( = hurdle). Others have suggested a wrapper of old French cloth, but that would be of no use to "bottom the pulpit" or repair the "town house." May it mean (a piece of) fir deal ? J. CLABE HUDSON. Thornton, IlorncasUe. " LUCASIA."—Can any reader of ' N. & Q.' kindly tell me what is meant by ' Luca- sia's Portrait,' a work ascribed to Samuel Cooper that I have met with ? Is there any connexion with the Lucasian professorship, or is it a misprint for " Lucasta." to whom Lovelace sang ? J. J. FOSTEB. " NUT."—What is the origin of this slang term, which appears to mean much the same as the slang word " masher " meant when I was a boy ? It is possible that Parolles was the first " nut," of whom Lafeu re- marks : " There can be no kernel in this light nut; the soul of this man is his clothes " (' All's Well that Ends Well,' II. v.). JOHN B. WAINEWBIGHT. ENGLISH AND DANISH OGBE-STOBIES.— In English stories such as ' Jack the Giant- Killer ' and ' Jack and the Beanstalk ' the _ iant exclaims : " I smell the blood of an Englishman," or " Christian man." In two- versions of the Danish ballad of ' The Mer- man,' which is a folk-tale in rime, translated into German by W. C. Grimm, Rosmer the merman is evidently a kind of ogre. Coming home, he cries, " I smell, by my right hand, a Christian man is within," " To a certainty a Christian woman or man has come in here." Again, in another ballad, ' Burmann and Olger the Dane,' Burmann is described as a hideous " trold," who eats nothing but the flesh of Christian men, and drinks blood mixed with poison. Are parallels to be found in the folk-lore of other countries ? M. P. THE OLD MAN'S LEGACY.' (See US. vi. 329.)—I am now able to add to my query, though not to furnish a reply. The book was edited by David Crosly. who was the minister of the first Baptist chapel in Bacup (Lancashire) in 1691. A second edition Was issued, to which the editor added something of his own, in order, as he said, " that the Orphan Legacy might not venture abroad a second time without com- pany." HENRY FISHWICK. The Heights, Rochdale. FOREIGN AUTHOBS.—I should be glad to know the dates of the deaths of Alessandro Palma di Cesnola and J. B. M. Challamel. Is there a twentieth-century dictionary of French or of Italian biography, in addition to the books similar to the English ' Who 's Who ' ? M. [' The Encyclopedia Britannica,' llth ed., states* s.v., that Jean Baptiste Marius AuKUstin Challamel died 20 Oct, 1894.] COL. DBAKE.—The protest against the abolition of the Westminster Play in 1847 was apparently signed by two colonels of this name. One is described as " of Harley Street, London" ; the other as "of Little Shardeloes, Amersham." The former has been identified as Thomas Drake (1782- 1851). Can any correspondent of ' N. & Q.' identify the latter ? G. F. R. B. " A WYYEBN PABT-PEB-PALE ADDBESSED." —This line describes the landlord's crest in the ' Tales of a Wayside Inn.' What does Longfellow mean by " addressed " ? I can- not find this term in any standard work on Armory which I have consulted. Should it not be " addorsed " ? W. G.