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gal hoisted the German flag in 1 884), Herero, Kaniiri, Kumassi, Log6ne, Sok6to, all wrong. And in Coomassie, as the capital was written during the Ashantee war of 1875, or Kumassi, as the newspapers learnt to spell it during the war of 1895, the double consonant may have attracted the accent; the recognized authority on Ashantee names, the Rev. J. G. Christaller, places it upon the first syllable. A recent poem in the Globe humorously expresses puzzlement as to which is right, S6koto or Sok6to ; according to Dr. Barth it is the former. Ogilvie accentuates incorrectly Kumassi, Sok6to, Suaheli. I have failed to discover how Smith pronounces this last name ; under ' Suahili ' ne says " see Swahili," under ' Swahili ' " see Ki-swahili," under ' Ki- swahili' "see Suahili." The late Sir R. F. Burton showed, from the derivation of the word, it should be stressed on the antepenul- timate. JAS. PL ATT, Jun.

WE must request correspondents desiring infor- mation on family matters of only private interest to affix their names and addresses to their queries, in order that the answers may be addressed to them direct.

"DooN." In Brogden's 'Lincolnshire Pro- vincial Words' (1866) this word occurs in the sense of " a place of confinement for prisoners in a village." I wonder if any of your readers can send me the name of any village where " doon " is known to have been used in this sense. A. L. MAYHEW.

CONSTABLE FAMILY OF BATTERSEA. Can any one kindly tell me where to find historical information as to the descent of the Constable family, formerly of Oak House, Battersea, from the Constables of Yorkshire ? The Oak House property originally included Battersea Park, the last actual owner of which, John Charles, married, circa 1798, Letitia de Morgue, a relative of the Due de Richemont. The last member of the family to be born at Oak House, Marmaduke, married Ethel, daughter of Paley of Langcliffe, co. York.

LONSDALE.

SAMSON : SAMPSON. Why is it that in the earliest English translations of the Old Testa- ment the name Samson appears with a p as Sampson? This is the Greek form in the Septuagint, where the son of Manoah is called ^afju/suv ; but the Vulgate gives it

according to the Hebrew Samson. Most editions of Shakespeare (' Love's Labour Lost ' and ' King Henry VIII.') spell it Samp- son, and the modern name usually takes that

form (as in the case of the admiral of the American fleet now in the West Indies) ; but why was the Greek rather than the Latin spelling adopted in the early English versions of the Book of Judges 1 On the other hand, most copies of the Authorized Version of the New Testament spell the name, when trans- lating from the Greek in Hebrews xi. 32, in the Hebrew rather than the Greek form. Would that they had done so in all other Old Testament names, particularly in the case of Joshua (as it should be) in Acts vii. 45 and Hebrews iv. 8 ! W. T. LYNN.

Blackheath.

BARBERS. Can any of your correspondents kindly assist me in making a list of famous barbers ? I desire place of birth and death, particulars of achievements, and where notices of their careers are published.

WILLIAM ANDREWS.

Hull Press, Hull.

A COINCIDENCE IN REGARD TO THE WASHINGTON FAMILY. In 'A Key to English Antiquities' (Sheffield, W. Townsend) there is an interesting account of the tombs of the Washington family at Adwick-le-Street. The oldest is dated 1579, to "Dominus Jacobus Washington, arrniger," and on his breast he bears a shield with stars and stripes upon it. As it can hardly be a mere coincidence that the flag which owed its being to a greater Washington two centuries later bore the same emblems on its folds, I doubt not that ' N. & Q.' will kindly point out the connexion.

C. E. CLARK.

GORGOTTEN. Can you tell me if anything is known of the artist of this name who married the sister of Isaac Nathan, the well-known musical composer and historian ?

L. C. F.

SIR HERCULES LANGRISH. Where does this character occur ? S.

REV. NATHANIEL NELSON. He was vicar of Preston-next- Wingham, 1608-16, and mar- ried in 1610 Mary Genvey, and a son and two daughters were baptized at Preston before he resigned in 1616. Any information accept- able. Was he of the same family as Lord Nelson? ARTHUR HUSSEY.

Wingham, Kent.

TROPENELL. Can you tell me the origin of the name Tropenell, its meaning, its probable antiquity, ana language 1

R. W. TRAPNELL.

ST. KEVIN AND THE GOOSE. Can any one give me information respecting a song