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upon the man said, ' Of course, you know what this was, my Lord. It was his soul visiting the man's body. The soul of a dead person always visits the body every twenty-four hours until burial.' "

To turn from the spiritual to the material : ever a gig a " back-seat " ?

ST. SWITHIN.

AMERICAN LINK WITH WINCHESTER. While searching the city archives of Win- chester I came across this entry in the Winchester Coffer Book, which may appeal to those who collect historical and genea- logical data. :

" 1625, 30th December. Taken from the (city) cofers Thirty shillings, for the apparelling of six poor boys that went to Virginia."

Unfortunately rames are not given. So far r,s the expenditure went, those were cer- tainly " good old days," as compared with present prices for clothes, if the boys got a fair supply at five shillings each.

WM. JAGGARD, Capt. Records J3 Bepat. Camp, Winchester.

CURIOUS PERSONAL NAMES. The follow- ing female telephonists appear among a list of persons appointed by the Admiralty, as set out in The London Gazette of July 4, 1919 : Lady-smith Shamrock and Thistle Dijon. W. C. J.

Union Club.

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.

HUETT TOMB, MILLBROOK. (See 2 S' vi. 246, 294, 331.) This tomb which appears to have been destroyed and buried in 1858 was rediscovered on April 11, 1919, and the figures and portions of the tomb placed in a temporary position in the church ; but it appears from the excellent description of the tomb in ' N. & Q.,' Oct. 9, 1858, that there are further portions still to be found. This agrees also with PEDESTRIAN'S account of Sept. 25, 1858, and with local statements that portions of the tomb were buried in the rectory garden, together with the brass of a priest. Owing to alteration of the chancel since the tomb was destroyed, it is practically out of the question to put the tomb back in its original position : but I shall be glad to hear from any members of the family as to their ideas on the subject.

HARRY P. POLLARD.

The Rectory, Millbrook, Beds.

SIR PETER DENIS. I shall be obliged if j any reader of ' N. & Q.' can give me in- 1 formation regarding Sir Peter Denis and j his wife, beyond the following : Sir Peter i and Lady Denis, the commander of then yacht which conveyed Princess of Mecklen- ' burgh Strelitz, bride of George III., tcl England.

I should like to know the date of his birth,, marriage, and death, to whom he was married, and where I can find the best account of him. He is not in the ' D.N.B.'

JOHN LANE. The Bodley Head, Vigo Street, W.I.

CHEVALIER PETER DILLON. The Cheva- lier Dillon, who was a member of the Legion, of Honour, of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, and of the Geographical Society of Paris, and commander of the H.E.I.C. ship Research.' published in 1829 an account of his search, in the South Seas for information about La. Perouse's voyage of 1785-88. What was his origin and when did he die ? He seems ; to have been alive in 1842, when his pam- phlet against the Methodist Missionaries in. the Friendly Islands to which the Rev. David Cargill replied was published. Where- can I see the pamphlet. It is not in British Museum. J. M. BULLOCH.

37 Bedford Square, W.C.I.

COWAP. Information desired as to the- origin of the surname Cowap. Believed to- have arisen in Cumberland or Westmorland. Is it a variation of Cowan, and Cowen ?

J. LAND FEAR LUCAS.

MEDIJEVAL SCIENTIFIC MSS. I am com- piling a catalogue of the Mediaeval Scientific- MSS. in the British Isles. The work has received grants from both the Royal Society and the British Academy a combination of help which happily illustrates that co- operation and mutual recognition between science and the humanities that votaries of the history of science feel confident will be fostered by this growing study.

The catalogue now comprises over 40,000 entries, and I am anxious to make it as complete as possible. Early scientific material has been found embedded in the most unlikely places even in missals and psalters and I shall therefore be grateful for information as to any MSS. dating from before the sixteenth century, other than those of our great national collections which have, of course, already been examined for* the purpose.

DOROTHEA WALEY SINGER.

Westbury Lodge, Norham Road, Oxford.