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over 500 pp., with map of the route taken by him through the continent) one of the above mountain from a sketch made by himself. He also devotes about 30 pp. of the book to a description of two ascents of it, in the second of which he succeeded in reaching its snow-capped summit. Mr. New (who was a corresponding member of the Royal Geographical Society) laboured in -Africa several years, and died there in 1875.

W. A. Wigan.

MYLOR EPITAPHS. To-day (Feb. 10, 1916) 1! copied the following in Mylor Churchyard, aiear Falmouth :

1. In | memory of m r | Joseph Crapp : ship | wright who died y e 26 th of f Nov br 1770 Aged 43 years ] Alass Fiend Joseph | His End war Allmost Sudden | As thou the mandate came | Express from heaven | his foot it Slip And he did fall | help help he cries & that was all.

2. We have not a moment we can call our own. | In memory of | Thomas James. ] Aged 35 Years. | Who on the Evening of the 7 th Dec r | 1814 on his return to Flushing from | St. Mawes,

in a Boat, was Shot by a Cus | tomhouse Officer .and Expired in a | few hours after. 'Officious zeal in luckless hour laid wait, And wilful shot the murd'rous ball of fate. .James to his home (which late in health he left) Wounded returns of life is soon bereft.

JOHN B. WAINEWRIGHT.

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.

ATTEMPT TO DRAIN THE FLEET, PORTLAND, IN 1635. Peter Mundy, traveller (US. xii. 278, 302), visited Portland in 1635. He says :

" I went to the Peninsula of Portland, aoou m i le . s fr m the Towrie [ Weymouth]. It is almos an Island, only a narrow Beach extendinge six miles m length almost by the mayne, and Joyneth with it neere to Abbotsbury. Betwene the said beach and the Land the sea runneth up Neere 6 miles as aforesaid, somewhat broad within, although

att the passage not i a stones Cast over This

indraught which cometh about by the Easter end of Portland was in hand to bee dreyned to make Fasture Land, whereon was spenc great sommes of money m makeinge of sluees, trenches, etts. In- ventions to keepe the Tide from comeing in, as also to lett out what is within. But as yet all is to htle purpose. This was in July, 1635. The mam sea soakeing through the beach all alonge, it is sayd they will proceed afresh."

Can any reader help me to corroborate Mundy 's statement ? Hutchins's ' History

of Dorset ' contains no mention of any such attempt, nor do any of the numerous works on Dorset that I have consulted. ' I have referred the question to two learned Dorset antiquaries, who have made inquiries for me, but with no result.

Mundy' s consistent truthfulness is so remarkable that he must have had some foundation for his explicit statement.

R. C. TEMPLE.

Hotel Windsor, Victoria Street, S.W.

CRUIKSHANK AND WESTMINSTER SCHOOL. I have in my possession a cutting of a caricature of Westminster School which looks as if it were from a newspaper, as some printing on the reverse side shows through. It is pasted on a card, so that I cannot say what is on the reverse side. The picture portrays Dr. Busby holding prayers, with a rod labelled " Dr. Busby " by his side. Eight boys are seated in two rows, and at the back of the nearest row are five books entitled ' School for Scandal,' ' D Giovanni,' ' Coleman's Broad Grins,' * Beg- gars Opera,' and * The Slang Dictionary.' Through the central casement at the back of the picture his " Satanic Majesty " is watching the proceedings. The letterpress underneath the picture, in two columns, is as follows, but the cutting being frayed, one or two ends are missing :

" Westminster School, Where hig Satanic Majesty is said to see School-boys acting prayers at morn,

And naughty plays at night !

very correct picture of their daily employment, which we should think likely to render them bright ornaments of society if not here, at least else- where ; <mr hero has evidently his eye on them, and is enjoying the cooling reflection of introducing them among his own connexion, where, doubtless, they will meet with a very warm reception. The ' Usher of the Black Rod ' seems to be one of his chief allies, and from his appearance we should think he's well qualified to play first fiddle. We hope, in charity, Mr. Cruikshank may never meet with !him hereafter, for, if he does, we think it taore than likely he will get a ' Rowland ' for his 'Oliver.'"

Is this caricature well known, and can any one tell me when it was produced, and where the cutting is likely to have appeared ?

URLLAD.

ANNE BOLEYN was educated, in the manner of the times, in the household of some nobleman. There she fell in love with some gentleman. In consequence she was returned to her own people. Can your readers give me any information as to who was the nobleman, and who was the lover ?

Torquay.

COURTENAY DUNN.