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NOTES AND QUERIES.

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of France at the time that king possessed a part of Savoy, and in the person of Stephen Bachet, who was made Lord of Meyseria, and judge su- preme in the town of Bourg, in Bresse, at this day the chief town of the department of Ain, in France.

I do not know at what period Victor Ama- deus I. of Savoy reigned*: not having access to a history of Savoy, I think " Guichenon " might give it. Would the time correspond with that when John returned to France, say "May 1360," and oould there be a possibility of the " Bachet " (or otherwise spelt) being the same party who re- turned with John, as the party who was ennobled and made Lord of Meyseria ? There have been many clever men, authors, poets, &c., amongst these " Bachets." PROFESSOR A. DE MORGAN has noticed them often ; and I confess that it is only since his writing drew my attention to the name that I have been busy in trying to connect it with my own. Unfortunately I am stopped at 1708, not being able to trace the two sons who entered the army. Perhaps some kind contributor to " N. & Q." will furnish the missing genealogical portion. As far as I have gone, my authorities are which I have seen, but generously informed by friends. Besides the " Bashett " to whom M. E. kindly alludes, whose arms are Or, a lion rampant, gules, within a bordure sable, bezantee, there are some arms (French) belonging to some *' Bas- chet" family, but which I do not know, which are Vert, a bend between 6 martlets or, 3 and 3 bend- wise. I do not know the colour of the bend. Any information regarding anything connected with any of these will be gratefully acknowledged by H. BASCHET.
 * ' Bayle," " Moreri," and " Guichenon," neither of

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PHOTOGRAPHIC CORRESPONDENCE.

Hints of Localities favourable to Photographers. " N. & Q." would do good service (whether photographic in- formation be, or be not scarce), if it would give a list of principal localities in which photographers may find good subjects for their camera practice : e. g., suppose Tenby, in South Wales, be fixed on as a centre, then you might make your list include : Views of Carew Castle (several) ; Manorbeer Castle (ditto) ; Coast Scenery (exhaustless), especially The Strackpole Rocks, Lydstep Rocks, Pem- broke Castle; bits of Pembroke Priory; Flemish Cot- tages of St. Florence, &c. ; and so on of other places. This would be of very great value to many photogra- phers who are unacquainted with any but their own lo- cality; and, serving as a perpetual reference, might from time to time determine the route of many a tourist in future photographic seasons. Q. (1.)

Barnes 1 Dry Collodion Process. We have received a copy of the pamphlet recently published by Mr. Robert

it is stated that Amadeus I. died A.D. 1078.]
 * In the article " Amadeus," in the Penny Cydopcedia,

F. Barnes, in which he describes The Dry Collodion Process, as brought to perfection by himself. The process is one obviously possessing many advantages, and as de- scribed by Mr. Barnes, of such simplicity, that any person capable of working with wet collodion can easily manage it : and we can speak of the excellent results which it is capable of producing in the hands of competent manipu- lators, for two more admirable specimens of the art than, the View of Richmond above the Bridge, and the River Front of Somerset House, which Mr. Barnes has produced by it, we have never seen. They are in every respect most creditable to his skill as a Photographer.

Prize Essay on the Stereoscope. The prize given by the London Stereoscopic Company for the best essay on the Laws of Binocular Vision, and on the Theory of the Stereoscope, has been awarded by Sir David Brewster to Mr. William 0. Lonie, Mathematical Master of Madras College, Saint Andrew's ; and the essay itself is now published by the company. We merely record its pub- lication ; Sir David Brewster's testimony to its merits rendering further praise unnecessary, if not impertinent.

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The Works of Mercy (2 nd S. i. 432.) St. Jerome alludes to the six works of mercy corporal, enumerated in St. Matthew, xxv. The seventh, To bury the Dead, has been added from the Book of Tobias, where that work of mercy, or charity, is so highly commended. F. C. H.

Saxon Proverb (2 nd S. i. 375.) The Saxon proverb which your correspondent wishes to have explained contains only an exhortation to do what is to be done, at once, and make no delay about it. Wilfrid writes to a missionary to set about his work, because a laggard, according to the common Saxon proverb, will fail of his objects :

" Oft dsedlata dome forylde'5 sigesifta gehwaem, swylte'iS

" Oft doth the laggard justly lose by dawdling success that he might have, and dieth wretched."

I give the usual West-Saxon reading of the text, which however is not found. Wilfrid or Boniface naturally wrote in his own dialect, viz. that of Northumberland ; and most of the MSS. which I have seen of this letter, being copies, record the words inaccurately. A good many years ago I gave some account of this " proverb " in the Gentlemaris Magazine, where your corre- spondent will probably find what he wishes to know about it ; I am sorry that I forget the year, but believe it was about 1840-1842 ; certainly not earlier.

He must not forget that the majority of Saxon " proverbs " are in fact moral apothegms, and that alliterative verse was the usual form in which they were clothed.

If you are curious as to the real Northumbrian