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 452 NOTES AND QUERIES. [ii a ix. i>.'s, mi; 'VERDANT GREEN' (12 S. ix. 409). Edward Bradley's drawings that eventually resulted in ' Verdant Green ' were done while he was at University College, Durham, before or about 1848, when he took his B.A. degree. While he was there he made many drawings illustrating the more humorous aspects of University life, the best of which are now in the "Union Society's rooms, and are to be seen on a reduced scale in two plates at the end of * Durham University ' in Robinson's series of College Histories, 1904. They are exceedingly amusing and the more interesting to Durham men from their strongly marked local character. After Bradley had gone down, he was per- suaded to bring his hero before the world as an Oxford Freshman, some of the old drawings, with new ones applying to Oxford, supplying the illustrations of the letter- press that he then wrote. See the above-named volume, pp. 100- 102 ; Durham, University Journal, ix., 150, and the ' D.N.B.' In The Sphere of Oct. 22, 1921, are views of 'Verdant Green's Room in University College,' and of undergraduates in the Union Society's Library ' Studying a Literary Treasure ' (the original ' Verdant Green ' drawings). J. T. F. Winter-ton, Lines. ST. CHRISTOPHER AND THE CHRIST CHILD {12 S. ix. 371, 415, 436). If MR. EVANS'S in- terest in the representation of St. Christopher bearing the Child Christ is not confined to brasses, I would call his attention to one of the fourteenth century which existed in St. John's Church, Winchester. St. Christopher was one of the most popular saints during the Middle Ages, and many painted representations have been found throughout England. Generally the re- presentation was placed near the door that it might be seen by all on leaving the -church, as, after the morning Mass, they went to their daily work. There was a belief, often inscribed below the picture, " Who- ever shall behold the image of St. Christopher shall not faint or fall on that day." In 1852, St. John's Church, Winchester, under- went a ruthless " restoration," and in the process of destruction some exceedingly fine and early frescoes were discovered. Before they were destroyed, Mr. F. J. Baigent took accurate copies which he reproduced in The Journal of the British Archaeological Association (April 30, 1853, and April 30, 1854). In the latter number will be found a copy of that of St. Christopher. This occupied the central part of the south aisle wall near the door, reaching from the ceiling to within a few feet of the pavement, the figure of the saint being over fourteen feet in height. If Mr. Evans wishes to see this representation and has any difficulty in consulting the Journal, I can send him a tracing and description of Baigent' s small scale copy. RORY FLETCHER. 5, Hillside Road, Streatham Hill, S.W.2. There is no evidence that the Weeke brass or either of the other St. Christophers are foreign ; they are quite English in style. WALTER E. GAWTHORP. 16, Long Acre. CHINESE VASE : Yi Lu (12 S. ix. 409). As desired, I have much pleasure in append- ing a translation I have obtained of the inscription in question : By the River Ying and the Mountain Yang the road goes Bast. To the South East by the mountain gorge one reaches the Great River. The winter pepper-trees, faintly seen, loom on the far horizon. The evening sunlight, now bright, now quenched, mingles with the flow of the stream. That lonely village, for how many years has it leaned on the shores of the Yi ? A single wild goose, as the clouds clear, descends in the wake of the North wind. Hear me now, you busy officials of the Capital ! Can you realize that my heart is not less free than this little boat that drifts unmoored upon the stream ? G. W. YOUNGER. 2 Mecklenburgh Square, W.C.I. CONSTANCE KENT AND THE ROAD MURDER. (12 S. ix. 408). I have a clear recollection of all the facts of this case. I understood at the time of her release that an arrange- ment was made and that she should change her name and go at once to one of the colonies. Some people intervened on her behalf, took the passage for her, and pro- vided her with money so that she might make a fresh start in life where she would not be recognized. After her release nothing more was heard of her in England, and it is obvious that she could not have lived in England under her true name. I may add, by the way, that before she pleaded guilty, Coleridge, who defended her, warned her that she would be sentenced to death, but she replied that she knew that, but was determined to clear her