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 9* s. viii. NOV. 2, 1901.] NOTES AND QUERIES.

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"The last time I dined with the great novelist, he observed, ' It is not a usual thing to make mince- meat of an animal till after its death.' "

He also refers to Sheridan Knowles arid to Lord Macaulay, by whose encouragement he became a professional author.

WILLIAM E. A. AXON.

Manchester.

Daniel Puselej 7, 1814-82, was the author of ' Number One : or, the Way of the World.' See * D.N.B.' WM. H. FEET.

In my childhood I knew him well. His real name was Daniel Puseley (formerly Pugsley). He lived at 24 (?), Rochester Road, Camden Town, and died there probably between 1874 and 1884. I think the boat building was established by a Mr. Thompson (an American), who also invented an air-tight stopper for pickle bottles. He and Mr. Puseley were intimate friends. If W. C. B. cares to send his address, I might add a few particulars. E. I. D.

FAMILY LIKENESS (9 th S. viii. 62, 169, 268, 335). Complying with the suggestion of GENEALOGIST, I subjoin the following : One of my wife's great-great-grandmothers had two daughters ; they married into totally different families. In the present generation there are three ladies of about the same age, having a most striking resemblance to each other and descended from the above stock, as follows : Two of them, through the elder daughter, are great - great - great - grand- daughters (one of them a daughter of mine). They have a great - great - grandfather in common. The other lady is a great-great-

franddaughter through the younger sister. he one generation less in the latter case is accounted for by the fact that the descent is through males, and that the father of the present lady married rather late in life.

When these ladies were children the resemblance was so great as to draw general attention, the distant relationship having been lost sight of by the generality, as the old family name has disappeared through lack of males. Old people at the time, who had known my wife's ancestor well, used to remark that the likeness of the parent stock had been reproduced in the fifth and sixth generations in a most extraordinary manner. There is absolutely no other blood relation- ship in the present case. M. M. L.

Costa Rica.

Referring to this subject, may I direct attention to the striking likeness that some members of our royal family have to King James V. of Scotland (1513-42)? Vide por-

trait of James V., from a painting in the Duke of Devonshire's possession, in the (London, J. S. Virtue, 1859).
 * Pictorial History of Scotland,' vol. i. p. 462

HENRY GERALD HOPE. Elms Road, Clapham, S.W.

HINDU CALENDAR AND FESTIVALS (9 th S. viii. 204, 294). There are two systems of calculating the year in India : one is Saura- mana ( = the sun-measure), and the other Chandramana ( = the moon-measure).

The former is followed by the people in Northern India, and the year consists of 365^ days like yours, but begins somewhere in the middle of April. This year it began on 13 April.

The Chandramana, it is true, began this year on 21 March, the next day to the new moon ; but it is not the general case. For instance, the next year begins on 9 April, 1902. The reason is that this year has thir- teen months instead of twelve, the extra month being added once in every three years to bring the number of years to correspond with the sun-measure. The moon system contains 360 or less number of days, while the sun system corresponds to yours.

The festivals are determined among certain sects according to one system, and among others according to the other.

S. N. SA-VANUR.

Bangalore.

TROUBADOUR AND DAISY (9 th S. vii. 389, 456 ; viii. 51). * Nouvelle Description de la France,' par M. Piganiol de la Force, Seconde Edition, Tome Quatrieme, a Paris, chez Florentin Delaulne, R. S. Jacques a L'Em- pereur, MDCCXXII. :

" L'Academie de Belles Lettres de Toulouse a 6t6 e>igee par Lettres Patentes du mois de Septembre de Fan 1694. Elle est composee d'un Chancelier, et de trente-cinq Acad^miciens ordinaires. Elle a succ^de" aux Jeux Floraux, dont 1'origine doit etre rapportee a I'an 1324. Ce fut alors que sept personnes de condition qui avoient du gout pour la Poesie, appellee en vieux langage du pa'is Gaye Science, inviterent tous les Poetes ou Trouveres des environs de venir k Toulouse le premier jour de Mai de cette meme annee, et promirent de donner une violette d'or a celui qui reciteroit les plus beaux Vers. Ce dessein plut aux Capitouls, et il fut decide" dans un Conseil de Ville qu'on l'excuteroit tons les ans aux depens du Public. Cette Compagnie fut composee d'un Chancelier, de sept Mainteneurs et de plusieurs Maitres. Au prix de la Violette on en ajouta dans la suite deux autres, 1' Eglantine et le Soucy. Vers I'an 1540, une Dame de Toulouse, appellee Clemence Isaure, laissa la plus grande partie de son bien au Corps de Ville, a condition qu il ferat faire tous les ans quatre flours de vermeil, qui seroient 1'Eglantine, le Soucy, la Violette et 1'Oeillet. Elle institua une Fete qui fut appellee les Jeux floraux, qu'elle voulut qu'on