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owes more of its inspiration to Orrery's provided with a mistress named Rosalinda (in the romance Izadora), a Roman lady, for whom he languishes in true heroic style. Mohun was the original Hannibal ; Kynas- ton, Scipio ; Mrs. Boutell, Rosalinda.
 * Parthenissa ' than to history. Hannibal is

MONTAGUE J. SUMMERS.

THUNDER FAMILY (US. xii. 501). It may

interest your correspondent to know that

there is (or was) a Madam Thunder, head of

the Convent of the Sacred Heart at Aberdeen.

J. M. BULLOCH.

DUCHESSES WHO HAVE MARRIED COM- MONERS (11 S. xii. 501). Jean Drummond, widow of James, second Duke of Atholl (d. 1764), married (1767) Lord Adam Gordon, and died s.p. 1795.

The Hon. Caroline Agnes Beresford, widow of James, fourth Duke of Montrose (d. 1874), married (1876) William Stuart Stirling Crawfurd of Milton (d. 1883), and (1888) Marcus Henry Milner, D.S.O. She raced as " Mr. Manton," and died in 1891.

Lady Emily Montagu, widow of William, twelfth Duke of Hamilton (d. 1895), married (1897) Robert Carnaby Forster.

J. M. BULLOCH.

123 Pall Mall, S.W.

' COMIC ARUNDINES CAMI ' (11 S. xii. 502). I recollect that when I was a " lower boy " at Eton in 1859 the following lines were constantly being quoted by small Etonians: Patres conscript! took a boat and went to Philippi. Omnes drownderunt qui swimmere nonpotuerunt Excipe John Periwig tied on to the tail of a dead

Pig. Trumpeter tinus erat qui scarletum coatum

habebat.

I cannot remember the rest, but I never saw any book in which these lines occur, and I was always under the impression that they were schoolboy doggerel. I am very much interested to hear that they are from a book, and not handed down by tradition.

A. GWYTHER.

I do not remember the title ' Comic Arundines Cami.' I have seen the lines quoted :

Omnes drownderunt, &c.

in a ' Comic Latin Grammar,' which was published about 1840.

When I was at Oxford, 1853-7, I met with ' The Art of Pluck,' written, I believe, by Edward Caswall, of Brasenose. It con- tained a mock examination paper, in which were similar dog-Latin lines set to be trans- lated and explained. I once saw the poem

but I cannot remember the title from which they were taken. It was attributed to the Rev. T. Jackson, of St. Mary Hall, afterwards Rector of Stoke Newington and Prebendary of St. Paul's. I think that information may be got from some Oxford bookseller, e.g., the successor of Shrimpton in Broad Street. I should be very glad to hear news of this poem, and also of ' Uniomachia.' This latter describes a contest for the Presidency of the Union. It is written in Homeric Greek, with a Latin version and notes. I believe it was composed by Robert Scott, afterwards Master of BallioL

(Rev.) S. GOLDNEY, M.A. Pembroke College.

The book concerning which your corre- spondent DE MINIMIS inquires is ' The Comic Latin Grammar,' published, I think, in .1841, and illustrated by John Leech. I have a copy in my possession, but, being aw r ay from home, cannot refer to it at the moment.

The lines from which he quotes an excerpt run as follows :

Patres conscripti took a boat and went to Philippi ; Trumpeter unus erat, qui coatum scarlet habebat. Stormum surgebat, et boatum oversetebat ; Omnes drownerunt, quia swimaway non potuerunt ; Excipe John Periwig, tied up to the tail of a dead

G. H. PALMER.

[T. F. D. and the REV. R. P. HOOPER who- mentions that Tilt & Co. were the publishers of 'The Comic Latin Grammar' also thanked for replies.]

UNDERGRADUATES AS OFFICERS OF THE RESERVE FORCES (11 S. xii. 502). (1) Uni- versity undergraduates are, of course, allowed to hold commissions in the Special Reserve. When I was in residence at Oxford many undergraduates did so.

The conditions are, in brief :

(i.) A candidate must be medically examined and must produce two certificates of character, one of w T hich must be from the head of the school or college most recently attended by the applicant.

(ii.) If the candidate obtains a commission as second lieutenant, he is " on probation '* for six months, which period must be spent with the regular home battalion of the corps he joins. If he is in possession of " Certi- ficate A " this period is reduced to five months, and if he holds " Certificate B " he is only required to be attached for three months. In the case of a candidate on the six months' course of training this may be split up into two periods.