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but not executed. He was, indeed, said to have been saved from starvation by a cat bringing him pigeons. His grandson, Sir Thomas, was beheaded for treason, but it was in the sixteenth century 1544.

Sir Henry adopted the barnacles for his arms. Earlier, the Wyatts had boars' heads in their arms, as had the Wyatts of Godal- ming and Horsted Keynes until 1818. The pedigree of these, from 1600 to 1818, is given in the Surrey Archceol. Coll., vol. iii.

THOMAS WILLIAMS.

Aston Clinton Rectory, Tring.

This short extract may be perhaps of some use to your correspondent :

" Wyatt (Sir Thomas), an accomplished gentle- man of an ancient family in Kent, educated at St. John's College, Cambridge, and at Oxford. Henry VIII. knighted him, and sent him on various embassies. He turned the Psalms into verse and wrote several elegant sonnets, printed with those of E. Surrey. He died in 1531."

ALFRED J. KING. 101, Sandmere Road, Clapham, S.W.

SURVIVAL OF DRUIDISM IN FRANCE (7 th S. xi. 305). This communication of ST. SWITHIN appeared on 18 April, 1891. 18 April, 1850, was the date of ray birth ; and during the period immediately preced- ing that date the Dr. Cunisset of Pouilly-en- Auxqis who is quoted by M. Cunisset-Carnot (son-in-law to the late President and Pro- cureur de la Republique at Dijon) as his authority was in attendance upon my mother. The line of hills between Pouilly and Autun which forms the eastern boundary of the district described also forms the western boundary of the view from the rear of my father's house, and I have often watched the sun set behind them. Has ST. SWITHIN any further information on this subject ? I my- self am inclined to think that M. Cunisset- Carnot was hoaxing. My mother certainly instructed me as a child in a rite which savoured of Draidism ; but this, of course, was only by way of a joke. Whenever I happened to lose a tooth, she would tell me : " Now go and throw it into the fire, and repeat ' Feu ! Feu ! Prends ma dent ! Rends- moi en une, aussi blanche que de 1'argent ! ' "

THOMAS J. JEAKES. Tower House, New Hampton.

PAUL JONES (9 th S. ii. 306).--! gladly send to ' N. & Q.' without delay the complete song desired by M. McM., of Sydney, New South Wales. In 1894 I printed it, with other songs on Paul Jones of the same date, 1779, in the now completed vol. viii. of our Ballad Society's ' Roxburghe Ballads,' pp. 332 to 335,

and gave a brief account of the action with the Serapis (Capt. Richard Pearson com- mander) and the Countess of Scarborough (Capt. Thomas Peircy) : both were afterwards rewarded for gallantry. It was a fierce contest, Jones (whose real name was John Paul, not Jones) having the Bon Homme Richard, the Alliance, the Pallas, and the Vengeance respectively of 44, 40, 32, and 12 guns, with a total of 1,020 men.

PAUL JONES.

A noble fine Frigate, call'd Richard by name, Mounted guns forty-four, out of L'Orient they came, For to cruise in the, Channel of Old England's fame, With their brave Commodore, Paul Jones was his name.

We had not so cruised above days two or three, Than a man from a mast-head a sail he did see ; A sail he did see, being a large forty-four : Her convoy stood in for the old Yorkshire shore.

At length the proud Richards came up along side, With a long speaking trumpet " From whence

come ? he cried. "Come, answer me quickly, I have hailed you

before, Or else a broadside I will into you pour."

We received the broadside from the proud English- men,

But soon our brave Yankees return'd it again, Broadside for broadside five glasses we run, When the undaunted flag of the Richards came down.

Our gunner being frightened, to Paul Jones he came, Saying, "Our ship's taking water, and is likewise

in flame."

Paul Jones, with a smile, to the gunner replied, " If we can do no better, we '11 sink alongside."*

" Now, my brave boys, we have taken a prize,' A large forty-four, with a twenty likewise ; With twenty-five merchant-men laden with store, So we'll alter our course to the American shore."

The fight took place on 23 September, off Flamborough Head, where Paul Jones was cruising, when he encountered the Baltic ships under convoy of the Serapis, which he captured, after it had been set on fire four times. He sailed in it to the Texel, his Richard having been abandoned and sunk. J. WOODFALL EBSWORTH.

The Priory, Ashford, Kent.

SILHOUETTES OF CHILDREN (9 th S. ii. 307). Silhouette cutting would seem to have been a fashionable amusement in the early years of the century. As we know, the usual way was to place the sitter in profile, and to cut out a portrait straight off with a pair of scissors. This method, however, could hardly apply to cleverly posed groups of children at play, &c., such as I suppose MR. ANDREW


 * She sank next day.