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 482 NOTES AND QUERIES. [9» s. iv. dec. 9, m statement to thateffect in Christopher Brown's 'Tavern Anecdotes,' 1825, a copy of which Mr. Sala sometimes alluded to as being in his possession, but which, judging from some little study of it, is not always to bo depended upon for accuracy. "Nando's," although, like the "Rainbow," a famous coffee-house, was also famous for its punch and the charms of its landlady, which rendered it a favourite eighteenth-century resort. In 1785 it was taken by Mrs. Salmon, who, hanging out her sign of the " Golden Salmon," exhibited here her waxwork figures, having removed from her house opposite, which was then taken by Praed & Co., the bankers, who rebuilt it. Larwood and Hotten ('Hist, of Signboards') appear to be in error in saying that Mrs. Salmon, when she left her first gallery in St. Martin's-le-Grand, settled opposite the " Horn " Tavern (now "Anderton's"). Her figures are described as having been shown " near the Horn Tavern in Fleet Street," by which it must be understood, with the latitude usual and frequently observable in advertisements of that time, that the house upon the site of which Praed's was first built was meant, No. 189, whence she removed, in 1785, to " Nando's " opposite. Mention of the " Horn " Tavern was probably intended to draw the attention particularly of such country visitors as were staying at the " Horn," then, as now, a favourite resort. Waxwork exhibitions, like other places of amusement, followed the migration of fashion and population westward unerringly, as far as Charing Cross, where they were common, until their popularity culminated, still further westward to Baker Street, in Madame Tussaud's. In the latter days of Mrs. Salmon's ex- hibition, "Nando's" in 1812 became a hair- dresser's, and it remains so to the present day. The visitor, on leaving, if he were unwary enough to tread on a certain spring, received an ignominious farewell, in the shape of a kick from a figure placed at the entrance. I learnt this from an old lady who remembered the gossip about it. Perhaps this figure was identical with a still-life portrait (which stood at the entrance) of a well-known character, Ann Siggs by name, who was frequently to be met on crutches in walks about town. Mr. H. Syor Cuming once told me of another figure of a woman, on the first landing, which, if a spring were trodden upon, would throw itself into a threatening attitude with an uplifted broom. Poor Mrs. Salmon, when her wax figures were dispersed by auction in 1812, got less than 50/. for them. They had cost her 500/., but it is said that they had become a sorry lot. Both the interior and exterior of No. 17, Fleet Street have evidently been thoroughly restored since this time. J. HoLDEN MACMlCHAEL. Parish Registers (9th S. iv. 149, 210).— In comparing the inscriptions on the grave- stones with the entries in the burial registers belonging to this village I have come across the following discrepancies :— Stone: Mary, wife of John Killworth, died 20 July, 1786. Register: Buried 14 July, 1786. Stone : Elizabeth Barnett, widow, died 1 April, 1788. Register: Buried 5 April, 1789. Stone: William Lucas, son of John and Jane, died 22 December, 1727. Register: " Thomas Lucas was bury1 Dec' 25 (1727)." Stone: Mark Lord, died 11 December, 1826. Register: Buried as John Lord, 15 December, 1826. There are no entries in the register of the burials of the following persons, to whose memories stones have been erected :— Elizabeth, wife of James Adams, died 19 Novem- ber, 1834. Elizabeth, wife of Richard Lord, died 15 April, 1807. Rev. Gregory Palmer, "Minister of West Haddon," died 11 June, 1693 (see 7th S. ii. 344; 8th S. xi. 37). During Mr. Palmer's long tenure of office the entries in the registers are scrupulously neat and correct. The last entry in his well - formed handwriting in the burial register occurs on 5 May. Then comes a space wherein should have been recorded his own decease, but which has remained blank until this day. There is an old brown sandstone in the churchyard :— In Memory of Will"1 & Ann Peck Son and Daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Peck who died Decern' ye 3rd 1776 In the ...th Year of their Age. The register, under date 26 December, 1776, merely records the burial of "Ann Dr of Tho8 &. Eliz. Peck." I may eventually come across other errors. So far these are the only ones I have collated. John T. Page. West Haddon, Northamptonshire. The burial of Lady Drake, Mary Newman, first wife of Sir Francis Drake, is entered in the registers of St. Andrew's, Plymouth, and at St. Budeaux, 25 January, 1582/3. The marriage of Henry Blake and Loveday Holman is entered in the registers of Lanreath and Braddock, Cornwall, 15 June, 1619. H. H. D. The Cinnamon of the Ancients (9th S. iv. 329).—It is evident that Pierre Henri Larcher (translator of Herodotus, 1786-1802) consulted