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NOTES AND QUERIES. [9 th s. XIL NOT. u, m*.

72. Mordaunt, Earl of Peterborough.

73. The Honorable Augustus Keppel [" Keppell in the index], Admiral of the Blue. Ministers.

74. first, though not the most beloved, Wif

of Ligonier, Earl Ligonier.

75. S Bamington, Bishop of Landaff.

76. Pratt, Lord Camden.

7. Francis Dashwood, Lord Le Despencer.

78. Lady North. First Lord of the Treasury King a T nd Privy Council. House of Commons Lady North. Premier.

79. Sir George Saville, Bart.

80. Hurd, Bishop of Litchfield and Coventry

81. Hon. Mrs. Bouverie.

82. A Byron, Lady Conyers.

83. Talbot, Earl'Talbot.

84. John Wilkes.

85. Constantino Phipps, Lord Mulgrave. Hi

Majesty. Admiralty. Joint Expence of and

Sir Hugh Palliser.

86. Lady Frances Leslie.

87. Markham, Archbishop of York. The Prince His Grace. See of York.

88. Conway, Earl of Hertford. His Son.

89. Hawke, Lord Hawke.

90. Bennet, Earl of Tankerville. Mr

Lumpey, at K.

92. Lady Donhoff.

94. Thurlow, Lord Thurlow. Lord High Chan cellor of Great Britain.

95. D ss Dow r of Bedford. The I)

of G, Lord L , Lord Wey mouth, and Mr,

Rigby formed a Partie Quarree at Bedford House, Lord North.

96. Cl S n, Earl of Masareene.

97 Murray, Viscount Stormont. Lord

Mansfield. 98. Sir Hugh Palliser.

100. Frederick North, Lord North. Council. Administration. Duke of Grafton.

101. Fermor, E...1 of Pomfret. 102 Gower, Earl Gower.

103. Sir Henry Clinton. House of Commons.

104. Lady Percy. Mr. Bird's Affections.

105. Sir James Lowther.

106. G na, C ss Spencer.

107. Mrs. Warburton. Dignified prelate.

- Earl of Roseberry. Lord Chesterfield's.

- Lord Newhaven. Sir William. Sir Wm. Maine, Bart. General election. For Canterbury. In a Margate Hoy.

111. John, Earl of Sandwich. Palliser's Escape. Grace of First Lord of the Admiralty.

112. Clinton, Earl of Lincoln.

113. LadyM Fordyce.

Nothing has been written in 2, 23, 25, 27 37 52, 63, 68, 91, 93, 99, 109, and 114, except that

m 25 " Robert " takes the place of R 1,

and apparently "Harris" has been given as the surname, and then erased. There is nothing to show who filled in so many of the blanks. The ink has faded and has the appearance of being about a hundred years old. The' handwriting is old-fashioned, and with few exceptions very neat and legible. ROBERT PIERPOINT.

PRAGUE AND BOHEMIA.

THE lines of W. J. Prowse on "The beau- tiful city of Prague," which appeared in 'N. & Q.,' 9 th S. xi. 407, 450, 471, constantly flashed through my mind during a recent visit to the Bohemian capital. The deriva- tion from prahi a doorsill, is abandoned with the legend of Queen Libusa ; Prof. Morfill cites Prof. Tomek, who refers it to prazhiti, to burn wood, the town being built on forest clearings \ I lately heard Praha (Prague) con- nected with the Russian porog* While many visit Carlsbad or Teplitz yearly, compara- tively few travel a little farther to make the acquaintance of the picturesque city on the broad, rapid Vltava (Moldau). The view of white- walled mother Moscow from the so- called tower of Ivan the Great at the Krem- lin can never be forgotten ; and alike unique is the aspect of stobasna, zlata Praha (hun- dred-towered, golden Prague) from the minia- ture Eiffel tower on the Petrin park, between the city and the fatal field of Bila hora (the White Mountain). The history of Prague has been written for the benefit of English readers by that cultured patriot Francis, Count Liitzow, lord of the chateau of Zam- pach, who has done much by books and lectures to acquaint Englishmen with the literature of Bohemia.

There is an impression, current at second- band in Germany, that Prague is an un- pleasant place for residence, but I have been unable to discover, on inquiry, the grounds for such opinion. The main streets are modernized, with a distinctive character, so that the typical German hostelry, "Zum Deutschen Haus," looks foreign among the landsome houses of business on the Prikopy 'Graben). There is considerable rebuilding n progress, notably near the old Jewish quarter ; and a fresh river embankment pro- ceeds apace. It will be some time before the scaffolding round St. Vitus's Cathedral is removed. In some instances the spirit of enovation may have been carried to excess e.g., the much criticized castle Karluv Tyn Karlstein). I could not honestly admire the >rand-new appearance of this redoubtable ortress.

Like the Russians, the Cechy have a horror )f being thought barbarians by ill-informed oreigners. A noteworthy feature of Prague 5 the polite and obliging conduct of tramway fficials, who offer effusive thanks for fares nd dismiss passengers with the salutation

ataracts (of the Dnieper). See Gogol's ' Tarass 3ulba.'
 * Cf. Zaporozhtsi, the Cossacks beyond the