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commonly hot water. He then winds his horn. The deity or saint appears; our hero claims his aid, but his patron refuses it, reminding him of the violated condition that his protege should lead a peaceable life; and he straightway, and very properly, abandons him to his fate.

This is but an imperfect outline of the story; still, I think it is perhaps sufficient to lead to its identification by any person acquainted with the legend. I should be grateful to any one who would supply a correct version of the tale and state where it occurs. Convinced that it is a locus classicus, I am a little ashamed to have for- gotten where it is to be found.

PATRICK MAXWELL.

" OCHIDORE." This word occurs with the meaning " shore-crab " in Kingsley's ' West- ward Ho! ' chap. ii. p. 44. I can find no instance of its occurrence elsewhere. I should be glad if any of your readers would kindly tell me whether " ochidore " is a Devon word. Query etymology 1 A. L. MAYHEW.

Oxford.

" INOCULATION." In 'She Stoops to Con- quer' (I. ii.) Mrs. Hardcastle says: "I vow, since inoculation began there is no such thing to be seen as a plain woman." The play was first acted in 1773. Goldsmith died in 1774. Jenner was at that time twenty - five years old, and is stated to have begun to think of inoculation in 1780. His first experiment on a human being was in 1791, but the play speaks of the system as an established and approved practice. The discrepancy must have been noticed before; but how has it been accounted for 1 There is the additional interest that Goldsmith himself was much marked by smallpox, which was a great trouble to him through life. M.

[The 'H.E.D.' quotes under the date 1722 from the London Gazette, 6045/8, "A child has been

inoculated with the matter. Five Children have

been inoculated of the Small Pox." See also Haydn's ' Dictionary of Dates,' -s.v. ' Inoculation, and 'Vaccination before Jenner,' 'N. & Q.,' 5 th S vii. 440; viii. 228, 414; 7 th S. ix. 365; 8 th S. vii. 265 331, 377.]

PORTRAIT OF SIR JOHN THOROLD, BART. LORD MAYOR OF LONDON. I shall be glar to know if I can trace through your valuable paper whether there is in existence a portrait or print of Sir John Thorold, Bart., Lord Mayor of London 1710; and, if so, what would be the best means of obtaining a copy? R. C. C. HOCKLEY.

GLADSTONE STATUE. I possess an en- graving by W. Roffe of a statue of Mr.

Gladstone by J. Adams-Acton. The figure s in academic robes and holds a scroll in its eft hand. When was it made, and where is t now? Is it in bronze or in marble ( J udg- ng from the features, it was cast or sculptured some time in the early seventies.

ROYAL STANDARD. Will any one who knows inform me what the " breaking ot the royal standard" means? In the Standard of 25 January is the following : " His Majesty .shortly afterwards went on board the Alberta, the royal standard being broken at the main as he stepped on to the deck.

A. BIDDELL.

CARLYLE ON "MOSTLY FOOLS." I should be much obliged if you could tell me where in Carlyle's works or letters he says people are "mostly fools," or words very much to that effect. I cannot find the reference m books of quotations. GEORGE WESTON.

[At 7 th S. iv. 276 it was shown that Carlyle uses the phrase "twenty-seven millions, mostly fools, in Nos. V. and VI. of the ' Latter-Day Pamphlets. ]

SUWARROFF AND MASSENA. I shall be much obliged if, for a literary purpose, you will kindly tell me where the following passage is to be met with :

"During the armistice following the battle of Zurich, Prince Suwarroff and General Massena spent several days in conversation in the Italian language. On one such occasion the Russian general, alluding to certain confiscations of art treasures which had been sent to France, concluded by saying, ' Tutti Frances! sono ladroni! ' ' Oh,' exclaimed Massena, 'tutti?' 'Tutti, no forse, replied SuwarrofF, smiling; ' tutti, no, ma buona parte [Buonaparte].' "

Korsakoff was defeated by Massena on 25 September, 1799, and Suwarroff only appeared later on the scene. I cannot trace an armistice after the battle of Zurich. The episode quoted by me is said to be found in Scott's ' Life of Napoleon.' I cannot trace it there, and no index exists.

J. MACBETH FORBES. 5, Cluny Place, Edinburgh.

'MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING.' Can any reader of ' N. & Q.' oblige me with the refer- ence where a line of 'Much Ado about Nothing ' is quoted, " If her breath were as terrible," &c., with a reference to the 'Pro- tesilaus ' of Anaxandrides? I want the con- tributor's name, but have failed to find the passage in the index of 'Shakespeare Cri- ticisms.' W. THEOBALD.

Budleigh Salterton.

[We fail to find such reference. There is a note on the line in Furness's ' Variorum Shakespeare.']