Page:Notes and Queries - Series 9 - Volume 9.djvu/115

 9 th S. IX. FEB. 8, 1902.]

NOTES AND QUERIES.

107

its stimulating and sustaining properties, which are analogous to those of the South American coca. The term is included, of course, in the ' N.E.D.,' but without etymo- logy, unless we count as such the vague remark, "Presumed to belong to some African language." In view of its importance, it may be worth while to place on record here the actual forms which I have found in some African tongues. In the Wolof of Senegambia it is called gourou, in the wide-spread Hausa it is goro, in the Son gay of Timbuctoo it is gouro, in the Fulah it is garru. This last may account for a third orthography sometimes met with in English namely, karoo nut. In the Mandingo, spoken in the French Soudan, it changes its initial, and becomes wourou or woro, according to J. B. Kambaud's ' Diction- naire,' 1896. JAS. PLATT, Jun.

WE must request correspondents desiring infor- mation on family matters of only private interest to affix their names and addresses to their queries, in order that the answers may be addressed to them direct.

" TO POUR OIL UPON THE WAVES," &C. We

want for the Dictionary examples of this, in the figurative sense, before 1847. As the practice itself was discussed before the Royal Society and in the press in 1774, the figura- tive use might arise at any time after that date, and ought to be found long before 1847. J. A. H. MURE AY.

Oxford.

[Perhaps first from some translation of Plutarch, who discussed the question before the Royal Society did.]

THACKERAY QUOTATION. Where in Thacke- ray's works shall I find the following on Washington Irving: "The first ambassador of the New World to the Old " ?

RUDOLF GROSSKUNZ.

Leipzig.

MILTON : A TRACT ON LOGIC. In 1672 was published 'Artis Logicse Plenior Institutio ad Petri Rami Methodum Concinnata,' by John Milton. Has this ever been reprinted, either separately or as part of a collected edition of Milton's works ?

CHARLES R, DAWES.

EARL OF CROMARTIE. In l Links with the Past,' by Mrs. Charles Bagot, is the following extract from the diary of Miss Mary Bagot :

" 1823, Aug. 4. Miss Hay and Mrs. Bowdler, who are both with us, mentioned the following circum-

stance, which both had seen [sic]. Lady Augusta Murray, who was born three months after the execution of her father, the Earl of Cromarty, came into the world with the mark of an axe and three drops of blood upon her throat, which she bore to her dying day."

How is this to be reconciled with the follow- ing entry in the ' Annual Register' ?

"Sept. 29, 1766, died the Earl of Cromartie, in Poland Street. He received his late Majesty's pardon for being concerned in the rebellion in 1745."

H. S. V.-W.

ROYAL DESCENDANTS. Will any of your correspondents kindly inform me when replies appeared concerning descendants (?) of Princess Cicely, Viscountess Wells, daughter of Edward IV. 1 Also a reply relative to the family of Wellesbourne, said to descend from Princess Eleanor, daughter of King John? C. H.

SIR GEOFFREY FENTON. Is anything known of the parentage of Sir Geoffrey Fenton, Secretary of State for Ireland, temp. Elizabeth 1 He married Alice W" es ^ on ) an ^ his daughter Catherine was the wife of " the great Earl " of Cork. KATHLEEN WARD.

Castle Ward, Downpatrick.

WATERLOO ENGRAVINGS. A friend of mine has a set of coloured prints representing the scenes of Waterloo. Some of these are both drawn and engraved by Rouse, others by Rouse and Hamilton ; while portraits of the leading characters at the famous battle are by G. Cruikshank. Evidently they were originally bound up with letterpress. Perhaps one of your readers could tell me what value they possess at the present time. Their artistic merit does not appear to be great, but otherwise they seem to possess a considerable interest.

HOLCOMBE INGLEBY.

Heacham Hall, Norfolk.

FRANCES B. IRVING. Can any reader kindly furnish me with any particulars of a lady named Frances B. Irving, who was living about 1850 ? CORONATION.

[Fannie B. Irving published in 1888, through Fisher Unwin, ' Six Girls : a Home Story,' illus- trated.]

DAKIN FAMILY. I am collecting material for a history of the Dakin family in America, and should greatly appreciate any information of or clue to the birthplace and parentage of Thomas Dakin, who was born, according to his will, in 1624, and who was at Concord, Massachusetts, about 1654.

A. H. DAKIN. Jun,

Tenafly, New Jersey, U.S.