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 12 S. X. JUNES, 1922.] NOTES AND QUERIES. 429 think them worth recording in ' N. & Q. They are as follow: 15 | 4 1 22 | 23 6 14 17 10 18 21 7 13 19 5 20 16 9 12 8 3 24 25 2 11 28 11 34 1 31 5 12 24 27 2 30 17 19 4 21 15 23 29 8 33 16 22 14 18 20 13 10 35 7 26 25 3 36, 6 32 9 46 3 45 j 14 38 28 12 21 35 41 34 27 5 10 16 32 33 26 11 47 7 37 31 25 19 13 43 30 36 24 17 18 42 8 48 23 6 9 20 29 40 22 39 2 49 44 15 4 It can easily be shown that if n is the number which is squared the sum. of each line must be (n* + 1) ^, giving 15 for 3, 34 for 4, 65 for 5, 111 for 6, and 175 for 7. A. D. T. EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY TAVERNS : PRINT- ING HOUSE SQUARE. In Printing House Square (No. 5) stands the Lamb and Lark, a house, which modestly tells the passer-by that it was erected in 1882. But it existed in Larwood's time (1866), and in fact existed a century earlier, as The Public Ad- vertiser of June 3, 1758, announced with ref resiling candour: To be sold very cheap. An exceedingly good three stopt harpsichord. Note the purchaser need not be xmder any apprehension of paying more than its worth, as no fee or bribes will be allowed, as usual, to any organist or music-master for a character of this instrument. Enquire at the Lamb and Lark near the King's Printing Office, Blackfryars. J. PAUL DE CASTRO. CAT COMFORT. A friend who has been living for some time in Florence writes to me : Have you ever in your folk-lore searehings heard of cutting off the "tip of a cat's tail to pre- vent its continual mewing and complaining. It seems to be the recognized thing to do here, and though we protested against this treatment of the very mewling and puking kitten of the house- hold, it seems to have been efficacious ; its voice is no more raised in yowls. The remedy is new to me. ST. SWITHIN. APPRENTICES TO AND FROM OVERSEAS (see ante, pp. 29, 69, 106, 248, 327). Paul Carrington, son of Paul Carrington of Barbadoes, Physician, apprenticed to Sam Allen of Bow Lane, London, Atty., 15 Nov., 1723. Consid. 200. (Inl. 1/9, fo. 44.) Sackville Reeves, son of Jno. Eeeves, of An- tegoa, W. Indies, apprenticed to Saml. Walkden, Cit. and Joiner, 12 Nov. 1723. Consid. 20. (Inl. 1/9, fo. 37.) Steph. Soulgrace (?), son of Peter Soulgrace, of St. Christophers in America, Mercht., ap- prenticed to Bernard Marret, Cit. and Broiderer, 1 May, 1723, Consid. 150. (Inl. 1/9, fo. 67.) GERALD FOTHERGILL. 11, Brussels Road, New Wandsworth, S.W.H. ueries. 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. ANT ASIATIC ORPHEUS. Sir John Francis Davis, F.R.S., formerly Governor of Hong- kong, states the following in his book on the Chinese, p. 293 : On the 1st day of the 7th moon, or some time in the month of August, they [the Chinese] have a festival for the benefit of their departed relatives I in the spirit world. . . these celebrations being calculated to bring large numbers together. . . and they are said to have arisen from some tradition of a young man who went down to the i nether world to bring back, not his wife, but (what is more suitable to the Chinese sentiment) j his mother. According to the story, this Asiatic Orpheus was more successful than the Thracian. Can any reader give details of, or references ' to, the original story ? S. A. EDUARDO G. GORDON. -- The Biblio- theque Nationale contains three books, pub- ilished at Montevideo between 1875 and 1880, by Eduardo G. Gordon, including poems and plays. Where can I find an account of him ? J. M. BULLOCH. 37, Bedford Square, W.C.I.