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Waterton, 1871. p. 464 ; also it is called "mill- stone " in his * Wanderings in South America/ 1879, pp. 69-71. It would be interesting to learn if there are other known instances of trees growing from the bottom, and raising substances similar to the grindstone (mill- stone) raised, by -the growing tree shown in the illustration facing p. 464 in the above- named essays.

HENRY JOHN BEARDSHAW. 27, Northumberland Road, Sheffield.

CARTWRIGHT (9 th S. viii. 185, 287). There is a misprint in my communication ante, p. 287. John Cartwright married Elizabeth Wolrick, not " Wobuck."

ALEYN LYELL READE.

Blundellsands.

DICKENS AND TONG (9 th S. viii. 303). See 6 th S. vi. 206, 336, 391, 431, 492.

W. C. B.

"BLOOD IS THICKER THAN WATER 5 ' (9 th S.

viii. 238). I will try my hand at the Taku Forts. I think I can simplify the incident. I have to rely on a retentive memory. In 1859 I was deep in the wilderness, busy with some frontier engineering. A newspaper was a rare prize ; it was read again and again, and its contents were well remembered. My recollection of Commodore TatnalPs visit to the British admiral is as follows : When the visitor had made his observations he called for his launch. The coxswain was long in coming, and his appearance at once showed that he had been in the fray. With real or assumed severity the commodore demanded what he had been doing. The coxswain bowed awkwardly, pulled his forelock, and stuttered out, "They were a little light- handed on the bow gun, sir, and blood's thicker than water." I submit that my version is brief and pointed. DOLLAR

Neenah, Wis.

DUBLIN BOOKSELLERS (9 th S. viii. 184, 228).

L beg that I may be permitted to thank the three readers of ' N. & Q.' who have forwarded me some cuttings and information on this subject. Iheir kindness is much appreciated 1 am unable to communicate with them, not knowing their names and addresses.

. ,-,, HENRY GERALD HOPE.

119, Elms Road, Clapham, S.W.

PEWS ANNEXED TO HOUSES (9 th S vii 388 517 ; viii 89, 191, 288).-ln St. Osyth's Church' &ssex, there are two fine specimens of family pews One of these is shaped exactly like an old family coach, being provided with a canopy or roof. A sketch of this pew appears

in ' Essex : Highways, Bye ways, and Water- ways,' by C. R. B. Barrett.

From an article on St. Andrew's Church, Tottington (vide the Norwich Mercury of 26 February, 1898), I extract the following :

" At the east end of the nave were two large pews (now gone) with inscriptions cut in woodwork. That on the south side had ' Su'ptu Ed'i Salter et Brigitt nup' uxor eius An'o D'ni 1631.' That on the north, ' 1636. Thomas Salter and his wife Jane.' These inscriptions still remain in the church. Another in the south aisle is now gone altogether. It ran as follows: 'Orate pro animabus Walteri Salter et Alicie ux' eius et'pro quibus tenentur.' " This article forms one of a series on the churches of Norfolk by Mr. T. Hugh Bryant.

At Ravensthorpe Church, Northampton- shire, a panel from a family pew has been used in the construction of the pulpit. On it are painted the following arms and inscrip- tion :

A $ l [c of at 1619

J arms] B

Arms : Argent, a fess dancette' gules, in chief three boars' heads couped sable. These arms are those of the Breton family, who owned the manor of Teeton hard by in the seven- teenth century, so that the initials ** J. B." doubtless belonged to the then lord of the manor. Owing to there being no church at Teeton, the Bretons would worship at their parish church of Ravensthorpe. I believe there was until recently a dated pew in the church of Geddington in this county.

JOHN T. PAGE.

West Haddon, Northamptonshire.

Near the middle of the last century I was a resident in a house in Chapel Allerton, near Leeds, to which a pew was attached. It was the last in the aisle, and, in addition to high sides, had in front curtains which could be drawn so as to secure perfect quietude for a siesta. A few years later, during the course of alterations in the edifice, these privileges (?) were withdrawn, and the woodwork was cut down to the level of that in the other pews.


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CHARLES KINGSLEY: CHRISTMAS CAROL (9 th S. viii. 345). According to Prof. F. J.

Child,

"the proper story of this highly popular carol is derived from the Pseudo-Matthew's. Gospel, chapter xx. ; Tischendorf, ' Evangelia Apocrypha,'

682;Thilo, 'Codex Apocryphus Novi Testament!, istoria de Nativitate Marias et de Infantia Salvatoris,' p. 395."

It is usually known as the 'Cherry-Tree Carol,' and several versions of it are given by Prof. Child in the learned work from which I have quoted ' The English and