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GEORGE DYER : PORTRAIT AND AUTO- BIOGRAPHY. Do any of your readers know anything of the present whereabouts of the portrait of George Dyer (Lamb's friend, 1755-1841), once owned by Theodore Watts- Dunton, or of the present or former where- abouts of the manuscript autobiography of Dyer quoted in the obituary notice in The Gentleman's Magazine, and the materials collected by Dyer for a bibliographical work all referred to in the ' D.N.B.' ? Has the portrait ever been engraved ?

CHRISTOPHER MORLEY.

1722 Pine Street, Philadelphia, Pa.

" VALHALLA." Can any one explain why the German word " valhalla " should be employed in English ? Our forefathers, Anglo-Saxon and Norse, knew nothing oi the a suffix tacked on by foreign Teutons. N. POWLETT, Col.

" BUFFALOES." About two thousand Yorkshire members of the " Royal Ante- diluvian Order of Buffaloes " lately assem- bled at a memorial service, held in church, with reference to the hecatomb which their society had contributed to war- victims. Will some one tell me why the members are " Buffaloes," and how they are " ante- diluvian " ? ST. SWITHIN.

JOHN WILSON, BOOKSELLER : HIS CATA- LOGUE. Do any of your readers know whether or not there is still in existence, and where, a copy of the book catalogue of John Wilson, London bookseller, who died in 1889, in which (possibly on the front cover) first appeared the well known " O ! for a booke and a shadie nooke " lines ? (See 10 S. ix. 192, Mar. 7, 1908, communication of MR. AUSTIN DOBSON.)

CHRISTOPHER MORLEY.

1722 Pine Street, Philadelphia, Pa.

DR. STOCKS. Information wanted of a Dr. Stocks. He was a traveller, and I understand he presented many years ago some of his collection (woods, &c.) to a museum in Kew Gardens.

MONTAGUE PAWSON. 58 Coleman Street, E.C.

CORNWALL: UNWRITTEN BOOK. Borrow is said to have made a lot of memoranda for his proposed book on Cornwall, which was advertised at the end of ' The Romany Rye,' but was never written. Can any one tell me wh re these memoranda are ? They would be worth printing just as they stand.

J. H. ROWE.

CARACTACUS : DRUIDS. Can any reader tell me where to find particulars of the life of Caractacus ? I wish to know the names of his wife, daughter, son-in-law (was this Caius ?), of the Arch-Druid, and of the Roman tribune with whom he had dealings. I want any information outside of Tacitus. Where did Hume get his information from on the subject ? I do not mind if the references are to Spanish, French, or German works.

At the same time can a reader give me the name of a very good German work on the Druids ?

I am anxious to get all this information as early as I can. M. LUCK.

THE SIMPLON TUNNEL : MAN AND THE SIMPLON. Does anyone know of a transla- tion from (I fancy) Italian of a description of the construction of the tunnel given to a passer-by by a workman who, with his father, had both worked therein ? The father died before the feat was accomplished, and the son promises to visit his tomb and tell him if man has been able to triumph over nature. The English translation begirs with : " A blue lake is deeply set in moun- tains capped with eternal snow."

A. D. B.

RICHENDA : ORIGIN OF NAME. What is the origin of the woman's name Richenda, and how does it obtain among gipsies as well as in such a family as the Gurneys of Norfolk ? F. M. BLAND.

Inglethorpe Manor, Wisbech.

LOUISA SPELT LEWEEZER. In the church- yard of the old church on the hill at Llan- drindod Wells, I came across a tombstone oil which the Christian name Louisa was spelt Leweezer. Is this unique ?

INQUIRER (3).

OLD WATCH- AND CLOCK-MAKERS. Was John Price of Deptford (a maker of watches) the man of this name apprenticed to R. Nemes in C.C. in 1678 ? (See Britten, 2nd edn., p. 678.)

Is anything known of Michael Knight of Brighthelmstone, clock-maker ?

JOHN B. WAINEWRIGHT.

WELSH PUPILS OF RICHARD WILSON, R.A. Can a list be given of whom they were and where they were wont to foregather ? Did any of his pupils attain any distinction as landscape painters ?

ANEURIN WILLIAMS.

Menai View, North Road, Carnarvon.