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70 NOTES AND QUERIES. [ 12 s.ix. ^1*23,1921. attention and been treated as a matter to be more completely deplored.

Years hence, archæologists may ask 'N. & Q.' to tell them exactly what did happen: it may be easier to make a record now than it will be then. I am quite sure that everybody who has been at Compostela, and who happens to have heard of the firing of its "magnifical" shrine, will be glad to have details. I think The Times said the Pantheon had been destroyed.

must request correspondents desiring information 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.

THE ORIGIN OF FEEDING OXEN WITH OIL CAKE. In 'Georgical Essays,' by A. Hunter, vol. v., 1804, there is a note by Mr. I. Bannister on " The Origin of Feeding Oxen with Oil Cake," the first three sentences are as follows : use of oil cake for fattening oxen owes its rise to accident, from whence many other valuable discoveries date their origin. About 70 years ago [? Z734] some cakes, which is the substance remaining after the oil is pressed out, had been j flung on a meadow by the proprietor of a lin-j seed oil mill for manure, the only purpose this refuse of the mill was at that time supposed j capable of answering. In this meadow, some j horned cattle were then feeding, and the grass being short, they were tempted to taste of the cake, which after a few days proved so agree- able to their palates that it was devoured by i them with great avidity. Are there any references which will j substantiate this statement, or will indi- cate when the refuse from crushing oil seeds j was first considered to be suitable for feeding cattle, either in Great Britain or on the continent ? R. HEDGEB WALLACE. GLEANING BY THE POOK. In ' The New Farmers' Calendar,' 4th ed, 1802 (the preface dated April 28, 1800), the writer says : Gleaning by the Poor was formerly held to be a right depending upon ancient custom, but within these few years such right has been abrogated, as will appear by reference to the trials in the court of King's Bench ; and it was indubitably an act of patriotism in the farmer who tried the cause, since not only the frauds of the practice were continual and enormous, but the principle itself was vicious- The glean- ing field was a school for juvenile thieves, as I have observed in too many instances." What was the case and decision referred to above ? R. HEDGEB WALLACE. MUBBAY. Alexander Murray was ad- mitted to Westminster School in Feb. 7, 1778 ; Charles Murray, born in June 7, 1804, was admitted in Jan., 1819, and John Murray in Oct., 1778. I should be glad to obtain any information about these Murrays. G. F. R. B. MUSGBAVE.- George Musgrave was ad- mitted to Westminster School in Jan., 1752, aged 12, and Richard Musgrave in Oct., 1727, aged 13. Particulars of their parentage and respective careers are want ed. G. F. R. B. H. CROUCH, ABTIST. Where can I find some account of H. Crouch, nineteenth- century artist ? The name does not appear in the D.N.B., nor in Boase's ' Modern Eng- lish Biography,' nor in Bryan's ' Dictionary of Painters.' P. J. ANDEBSON. HOSCOES. 1678, November 1, Edinburgh. Order by the Earl of Lmlithgow to the Earl of Mar for all officers in regiments using pikes ... I have sent for all the officers of the King's regement to acquent them with ane order that I have given for ther carving all hoscoes when they are togither, and at other tymes only thes upon guarde." Hist. MSS. Com. Report on MSS. of Earl of Mar and Kellie, p. 210. What are hoscoes ? P. J. ANDEBSON. KINDS OF BBEAD IN A.D. 1266. The Statute " Assisa Panis et Cervisise " provides for the weights to be given in various kinds of bread as follows : " When a quarter of wheat is sold for xiid. then Wastel Bread of a Farthing, shall weigh vil. and xvi. s. But Bread Cocket of a Farthing, of the same Corn and Bultel, shall weigh more than Wastel by iis. (olidos). . . Bread made into a Simnel shall weigh iis. less than Wastel. Bread made of the whole Wheat shall weigh a Cocket and a half, so that a Cocket shall weigh more than a Wastel by " Bread of Treet (Trait in the Latin) shall weigh ii Wastels. When a Quarter of Wheat is sold for xviiid. their Wastel Bread of a Farthing white and well baked shall weigh ivl. xs. viiid. and so on for every ad- vance of 6d. per Quarter. Where can I obtain an explanation ? W. S. B. H.