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 12 s. ix. NOV. 26, 1921.] NOTES AND QUERIES. 431 A SIXTEENTH-CENTURY PRAYER. In its account of the Armistice Day service in Westminster Abbey The Times of Nov. 12, said : Among the concluding prayers was one of the sixteenth century : O Lord, support us all the day long of this troubelous life, until the shades lengthen, and the evening conies, and the buisy world is hushed, the fe.ver of life is over, and our work done. Then, Lord, in Thy Mercy, grant us safe lodgeing, a holy rest, and peace at the last, through Jesus Christ our Lord. This prayer had previously been used at the funeral of the Marquess, of Milford Haven. Some years ago Messrs. R. and T. Washbourne of Paternoster Row published this prayer in modern spelling on a card on which it was attributed to Cardinal Newman. Who was in fact the author ? JOHN B. WAINE WRIGHT. ILLICIT DISTILLING IN SCOTTISH HIGH- LANDS. Can any reader refer me to any book dealing with illicit distilling in the Highlands of Scotland ? D. M. U. CELERITOUS. No dictionary, from Dr. Johnson's onwards, available on the shelves of the library here, gives this word as the ad j ecti ve of * ' celerity. ' ' Surely it is accepted as such ? Personally, I have had it passed by the eagle eye of editors. I should be grateful were any reader able to account for its possible non-existence ? CECIL CLARK. Junior Athenaeum Club. BREWERS' COMPANY. A petition of this Company to Queen Elizabeth in 1578 is mentioned by Dr. Murray. Where can I find full information about the Company ? L. L. K. CORPORATION OF HOASTMEN. The seal of this ancient Fellowship, Guild or Frater- nity in Newcastle-on-Tyne is mentioned in the ' N.E.D.' to support the etymology of the word " hoastman." What is the date of the seal ? L. L. K. CHARLES DIBDIN'S SONGS. Two volumes of these, 12mo, were issued, vol. ii. having etched plates by T. Jones. A. T. Williams was also associated with this edition. Any particulars as to either artist and as to any other illustrations of Dibdin's songs would oblige. ANEURIN WILLIAMS. Menai View, North Road, Carnarvon. MULES ON MOUNTAINS. (12 S. ix. 354, 395.) IN March, 1903, I rode a sturdy little mule from Arequipa, Peru, to the sum- mit of the great volcano El Misti, 19,200ft. high. Above 15,000ft. the poor creature was very much out of breath and was obliged to halt every 40 or 50 yds., but it certainly did not " utter doleful cries." Near the summit I dismounted and tried to walk a hundred yards or so and found that it required no little effort to put one foot in front of the other. The mule undoubtedly suffered far less from the effects of a greatly diminished atmospheric pressure than I did. During my stay in Arequipa I received an amusing letter from the late Mr. Edward Whymper, the celebrated explorer and mountaineer, asking for news of a mule named " Long Jaw " belonging to the American Observatory there. This creature, he wrote, had made the ascent of El Misti more than 100 times, and consequently had probably done more climbing at high altitudes than any other living being. Mr. Whymper asked me particularly to present his compliments to " Long Jaw " and to offer him a good dinner. Unfortunately poor " Long Jaw's " mountaineering career had ended shortly before my arrival, but I had at least the satisfaction of sending his photograph to my distinguished friend. In the Himalayas mules and horses are taken over the Karakoram Pass, 18,400ft. high, in long caravans during the summer months, and I have no doubt that there are passes over 20,000ft. high which are occasion- ally crossed by beasts of burden. In the Alps mules were taken over the Theodule Pass, 10,900ft. high, without much difficulty 70 or 80 years ago, when the glacier was less crevassed than at present. HENRY F. MONTAGNIER. Champe>y. GRAVE TO BE TURFED AND " BRYERED " (12 S. ix. 389). I distinctly remember seeing, about eighty years ago, in a book for children, a woodcut of a grave-mound with bands, such as long briars, fastened over the turf at intervals of about twelve or fifteen inches. It was probably a passing custom so to treat graves. A friend confirms what I have said above, and thinks that the briars were meant to keep the sods in position, and, further, by