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 92 NOTES AND QUERIES. [12 S. X. FEB. 4, 1922. have been in his 81st year in 1660, the date of the Restoration, and is said to have died in about 1658, it was certainly not he who j went. Is there any proof of the importation of these so-called Royal mares? If so,' who went for them, and how many did he j bring back with him ? If such a journey was undertaken, would ! not an account of the expenses be found in j the papers preserved in the Public Record I Office ? Can any reader give authority for Professor Ridgeway's statement ? ARAB. THE PAPAL TRIPLE CROWN. What do | the three crowns on the Papal mitre re- ; present ? The ' Encyclopaedia Britannica ' I (9th ed.) the only reference I have available is not much help, for under ' Crown ' it states : The Papal crown is a lofty uncleft mitre en- circled by three coronets rising one above the other, surmounted by a ball and crown, and with ribbons at each side, similar to those of an Italian bishop. This form of crown was first assumed by Pope Benedict XII., 1344. But Pope Benedict had handed in the keys to the Virgin Mary in 1342 ! Again, under ' Heraldry,' it states : The Pope places three crowns over his mitre or tiara, said to have been severally assumed in 1295, 1335, and 1411. Why were they assumed ? F. LAMBARDE. Perugia. COMIC NATURAL HISTORY. I wonder if any of your readers can give me any in- formation about a ' Comic Natural His- tory ' of which' I only possess pp. 39-65 and 95-121. This book was published in America, and the plates, some of which bear the imprint " lith. in colors by L. Rosenthal, Phila.," may be by Stephens or Stevens (? H. L.) There is no copy of this book in the British Museum, and it would appear to caricature well -known folk of the day on natural history lines. The portion which I have deals with (1) The Lark; (2) The Kingbird ( ? Henry Carey Baird, partner in the publishing house of H. C. Baird and Co.); (3) The Humbug (? Phineas T. Barnum) ; (4) The Widow Bird ; (5) The Butcher Bird ; (6) The " Florence " Humming Bird ( ? Thomas Birch Florence, statesman, 1812-1875, hatter by trade) ; (7) The Mackerel ; (8) One of the Rats ; (9) The Cuttle Fish (? William E. Burton, actor ; appeared as Captain Cuttle, c, 1848); (10) The Gold Fish (? J. Gould). These ten articles are signed : W. A. -S. j C. ; W. A. S. ; C. W. W. ; C. ; C. F. E. ; W. A. S. ; W. A. S. ; V. ; and C., re- spectively. I shall be glad to receive any information concerning this book, and should particu- larly like to know where I could see a com- plete copy. HUGH S. GLADSTONE. Capenoch, Thornhill, Dumfriesshire. HARTGILL BARON. This soldier of for- tune lived in the reigns of Charles I. and Charles II. His family may have lived in Croydon and are believed to have come originally from Wiltshire, but nothing is known to me at present of his parentage or date of birth. In his youth he travelled in Turkey, but later was the faithful com- panion and secretary of Rupert, Prince Palatine of the Rhine, and attended him through the Dutch Wars, where he was disabled by a shot from a cannon-balL Oliver Cromwell published a proclamation and offered a 1,000 reward for the appre- hending of his person. A certain amount of information regarding Hartgill Baron is recorded in the State Papers (Domestic Series). There we read in 1661 he petitioned the King to settle a pension on him of 200 a year for 31 years, granted him at Breda for hazardous secret service and especially for bringing the first news of the Restoration. This petition is marked " Fiat '* and granted. When employed in conveying correspondence between Charles II. (when in exile) and his adherents, he passed under the name of " John Jones." He was a friend of Pepys, and frequent mention of him is made in the famous ' Diary,' where he is referred to sometimes as " Mr. Baron '* and sometimes as " Lieut. - Col. Argel Baron." His daughter Agneta married William Johnson (afterwards Governor of Cape Coast Castle), son of Sir Henry Johnson of Blackwall Docks and Aldeburgh, and their son was Henry Johnson of Great Berkhampstead, a well-known traveller and antiquarian. He married Lsetitia Dow- ling, and their eldest daughter, Laetitia, married Sir William Proctor Beauchamp, first Bart., and their second daughter, Agneta, married the ill-fated Hon. Charles Yorke > Attorney-General, and son of Lord Chan- cellor Hardwicke. I am very anxious to find particulars of Hardgill Baron's parentage and family* On his handsome memorial tablet in Windsor