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 510 NOTES AND QUERIES. [i 2 -s.vm. JUNE 25, 1021. FLAG FLOWN ON ABMISTICE DAY. I am anxious to discover the origin of a flag that was flying in London on a Government building during Armistice Day. It has wavy blue lines on a white field. I have been told that it is the flag of one of the old companies of Merchant Adventurers, but which one I do not know. I should be glad to know (1) whether this flag was ever used ; (2) the name of the body or society to which it belongs; (3) something about the society in question ; and (4) when the flag was first adopted. EVANS LEWIN, Librarian. Royal Colonial Institute. TRANSPORTATIONS AFTER THE FORTY-FIVE. After the rising of Jacobites in 1715, a considerable number of officers and men Were transported to the West Indies and to the American plantations. Can any reader inform me whether there is any list of such victims and of their destinations, and whether any book on the subject has been published ? N. S. " BOMENTEEK." Cabinet-makers are sometimes obliged to stop a hole or fault in a piece of furniture and use as a " filling " a mixture of glue and sawdust or something similar. This substance is known as " bom- enteek " I am compelled to spell it pho- netically. The ' N.E.D.' does not know the word. What is its derivation and history, if any ? I conjecture baume antique, which sug- gests the French polisher. Or is there some medieval Latin word such as balsamaticum of which it could be ^corruption ? The word seems to have a semi-humorous use; c./. "camouflage" and "fake." W. R. C. LADIES' PORTRAITS. Sir Claude Phillips states in The Daily Telegraph that " in the earlier period of the Royal Academy the names of ladies, other than actresses, were not given ; and to this day, neither in the one nor the other Parisian Salon is the name of the female sitter indicated other- wise than by a capital letter or perhaps a title." Probably Royal portraits were al- ways exempt from this custom. It would be of interest to ascertain why the practice existed, and when it was given up in this country, J. LANDFEAR LUCAS. 101, Piccadilly. COMBE HOUSE, HEREFORDSHIRE. Could any reader tell me the exact situation of Combe House, Herefordshire ? George Crawford Ricketts, Esq., Attorney -General and Advocate-General of Jamaica, returning to England in 1802, purchased the Combe House Estate in 1806, and was succeeded there by his son, Thomas Bourke Ricketts, and then by his grandson, Captain George j Crawford Ricketts, Grenadier Guards. Is the house still in the possession of the I same family ? If not, who are the present I owners ? EDITH o'A. BLUMBERG. THE GROWTH OF BOGS. The Rev. Joseph Meehan writes me from Ballinagh, Co. Cavan, as follows : Just beside me I have discovered an ancient timber road. About 15 yards of it were stripped, 10 yards in a clay field and 5 yards in a bog. The former was 3 feet beneath the surface, the latter portion 10 feet. The road continues j stripped. It is a well-made road, .8 feet wide, constructed of logs and planks of timber, over them a layer of sods, and over these, and embedded in them, a rough pavement. Could any reader tell me what is the I average rate of growth of bogs, as this ! might be of some assistance in forming some idea as to the age of this road. HENRY FITZGERALD REYNOLDS. TUNINGHEN CHEESE. In the ' Calendar of State Papers,' Domestic Series, under date Dec. 25, 1649, there is a note as to the purchase of 200 tons of " Tuningheii, alias Holland, cheese," which was approved, " considering the goodness of the cheese ! and the rates that that commodity now affords." Again, under date Dec. 30, 1650, I for the army in Scotland.'' I shall be glad to learn of other references to Tuninghen i cheeses. What were their size and weights ? I Where were they made, and what was the j extent of their importation and use in Eng- land ? R. HEDGER WALLACE. MANCHESTER AND MILFORD RAILWAY. An account of the origin and history of this railway will greatly oblige, as also information as to the circumstances and
 * at both ends it is quite apparent in the face
 * of the bog bank but only the 15 yards have been
 * the issue of a warrant is noted, "to unload
 * 9,600 cheeses from the Hope of Hamburg,
 * being part of 120 tons of Tuninghen cheese
 * the year of its ultimate transference to the

Great Western Railway Company. ANEURIN WILLIAMS. Menai View, North Road, Carnarvon.