Beal's Buddhist Records of the Western World,' 1906, vol. i. pp. 149-50, gives another version of the story that was current in the seventh-century India. anxious SUNDIAL INSCRIPTION. -I am to discover the true reading and whereabouts of a sundial inscription which runs, Utque redit viam I am told, as follows: As a friend has constans quam suspicis umbra fugax homines non reditura sunius." that pointed out, it is fairly obvious that to 66 sunius complete a pentameter after “umbra He called on 66 sumus ; but the restoration word must be repeated, and that is meant for of the beginning of the hexameter is not so " should easy. The first syllable of "viam utque" seems to suggest be short, and that an earlier line or couplet preceded. "It was in A.D. 677 that Hwui-nang, the sixth patriarch of the Shen sect of Chinese Buddhism, fixed his residence in the woody district of Tsau-ki. Perceiving the church there standing then to be too narrow for the assembly of his followers, he carnestly wished for its extension. Chin A-sien, the landowner of its environs, and requested his gift of a ground only big enough for The his seat. Chin asked him how big it was. patriarch produced a small mat on which he used to sit, and was at once granted what he needed. Thereupon he displayed a miracle by expanding the mat so enormously that instantly all the district of Tsau-ki was covered with it, its four sides being guarded by the Four Guardian Gods of the World [viz., Dhritarâchtra, Virûdhaka, Virupakcha, and Dhanada]. Forcibly persuaded by this miracle, Chin made no hesitation in ."-Fah-hai, donating all his land to Hwui-nang. &c., Luh-tsu-ta-sze-yuen-ki-wai-ki,' written in the seventh century. "The climate of Mount Wu-tai is cold for the most part of a year, but in the fifth, sixth, and seventh moons all the hills and vales that com pose this mountainous tract of 500 square li are pervaded with rare, sweet-scented flowers, it looking as if covered with an unbroken sheet of gorgeous damask, whereas the tsze-kiu [Allium ledebourianum ? grows abundantly on its five peaks. According to a legend, the Emperor Hau-wan of the Yuen-Wei dynasty [who reigned for about two decenniums closing the fifth century A.D.] was once staying here for diversion, when the Bodhisattva Mandjusri, presenting a priestly appearance, requested his grant of a spot just big enough for his sitting-mat. No sooner was this answered favourably than he spread his mat, which covered all this tract of 500 square li. Exceedingly wonderstruck thereby, the Emperor determined not to stay here any longer. So he forsook the mountain after scattering over it the seeds of tsze-kiu [which is much abhorred by all Buddhist disciplinarians]. Instantly how ever, Mandjusri brought the seeds of ling-ling hiang [the sweet basil, Ocimum basilicum, according to Bretschneider's Botanicon Sinicum, Shanghai, 1893, pt. ii. p. 230]. Scattering them over the tsze-kiu, he successfully counteracted its bad smell. And hitherto so abundantly grown with the ts-e-kiu as Mount Wu-tai is, yet we never detect there the least scent of it, whereas the ling-ling-hiang luxuriates in every part thereof, permeating the air with its pleasant aroma." The third tome of Jigaku Daishi's Journal of Studies and Pilgrimages in China during 838KUMAGUSU MINAKATA. 847 A.D.' Tanabe, Kii, Japan. FATIMA'S HAND.-What is the origin or meaning of Fatima's hand, sometimes called the Sacred hand? It is the model of a hand, and used as a charm and hung round the neck. When I was at Marseilles, I found it generally worn, and bought one. MARCHANT. 66 Littlebredy, Dorchester. 66 [Is utque a misreading for 66 A. C. M. usque "?] LOCK, FANNY BURNEY'S FRIEND.-Can any reader give me information about the descent of William Lock (or Locke) of Norbury, the virtuoso and friend of Fanny Burney? His mother Mary, without a surname, is recorded on the tablet in Mickleham Church, but I can find no trace of his But the Dict. Nat. father. Indeed, local tradition has it he was a son of George II. Biog.' says he belonged to a family which claimed connexion with that of Locke the philosopher. I also want information as to C. W. JAMES. William Locke's son George, and his daughter Mrs. Angerstein. St. James's Club, Piccadilly, W. In some LOCKE FAMILY.-Can any one give me information with regard to the descendants of the uncles of John Locke the philosopher, one of whom left a large family? old papers I find that the Lockes (sometimes spelt Lock) of Oxfordshire claim relationship with the philosopher. A John Locke of Ledwell in the parish of Sandford, Oxfordshire-will dated December, 1612 (Arch. Court, Oxford)-mentions sons John, Richard, and Humfrey; daughters Barbara Locke and Margaret Harris. of Sandford St. Martin, Oxfordshire, married Ann, daughter of Edward Taylor of Sandford St. Martin, whose granddaughters Clementina, married Thomas Ward (1790) at Chipping Norton, and Mary, married William Mister of Llandovery, Carmarthenshirewere the last of these Lockes that can be traced, though they left descendants. A John Locke S. T. DR. DUNDEY.-I should be glad of any particulars about this person, who robbed a bank in Ireland of 7,000l., and is mentioned by Dickens in 'The Detective Police,' one of J. ARDAGH. the " Reprinted Pieces." 'NOLLEKENS AND HIS TIMES.'-I have in preparation a new edition of 'Nollekens and his Times,' by John Thomas Smith, which with Mr. Wilfred Whitten has edited numerous notes. The original edition of this work has long been a favourite one to extra-illustrate, and I should be glad to hear from anybody who possesses or knows of a Grangerized copy. JOHN LANE. The Bodley Head, Vigo Street, W. FIELD-MARSHAL SIR GEORGE WHITE.-A photographic portrait in colours of the late Field-Marshal appeared in some Army magazine in the late nineties, I think. Can any reader tell me who took it and where it appeared? He was shown in a kilt of the Gordon Highlanders, so that the photograph was of older date than its reproduction. J. M. BULLOCH. 123, Pall Mall, S.W. VOLTAIRE ON THE JEWISH PEOPLE.-The following sentence is said to occur in some critical notes written by Voltaire on Bossuet's 'Discours sur l'Histoire Universelle ' : "Il [Bossuet] a fait ce qu'il a pu pour donner quelque éclat à ce malheureux petit peuple juif, le plus sot et le plus méprisable de tous les peuples." I should be greatly obliged for an exact My name it is little Jock Elliot, R LE OF SUCCESSION.-Is there any rule or custom in English procedure which would bar the children of a second marriage from succession in the case of an earldom For instance, the direct descendant is John,. the son of John. He leaves no issue, but a half-brothe", Harrison. Does the has succession go to Harrison's children, or does the line revert to the first John's brother's HISTORICUS. children? Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. MIDDLESEX: ANCIENT PAINTED GLASS. I shall be grateful for references to preeighteenth-century painted glass of a domestic character (not church glass) now within the modern county of Middlesexi.e., the old county, excluding that part of it within the county of London. F. SYDNEY EDEN. Maycroft, Fyfield Road, Walthamstow. FIRE-WALKING: PHYSICAL EXPLANATION. -In the last instalment of The Golden Bough' (3rd ed., part vii. vol. ii. pp. 1 ff.) | Dr. J. G. Frazer has discussed the ceremony of fire-walking. Various explanations have been suggested to account for the supposed immunity of the performers from burns caused by walking over the fire. Some give a psychological explanation; others dwell on the fact that the feet of persons who habitually walk barefoot become indurated. With these explanations I am not now concerned. It has been suggested that some substance is applied by the performers to their feet before they enter the fire. May I request some chemist or physiologist to say if there are any substances calculated VICE-ADMIRAL SIR CHARLES HAMILTON.— to produce this effect? Are such substances, The above officer was Governor of New- vegetable or other, easily obtainable in foundland July, 1818, to October, 1825. places like India and Fiji, where fire-walking is common? Have any experiments to test At all events, a successor was appointed at the latter date. I should be obliged if I the value of such prophylactics ever been could, for historical reasons, find his repre-made, and, if so, where can I find a record of them and of their result? EMERITUS. sentatives. DAVID ROSS MCCORD, K.Č. Temple Grove, Montreal. I have never been able to find more than two verses of this spirited ballad-if it is a ballad-and should be pleased to hear something respecting it. The indexes to N. & Q.' RICHD. WELFORD. contain no clue. Newcastle-upon-Tyne. PICTURES OR PRINTS WITH "BROKENGLASS EFFECTS.-These are seldom met with, but I have lately seen it stated that there are three or four such in the Wiertz a small Gallery at Brussels. I possess Published aquatint, "A View from Nature. by S. Hollands, 11 Vauxhall Walk, Lambeth, November 5th, 1819," engraved by J. Alais after S. Hollands, representing a sepia drawing under glass, the latter being starred by a blow in the centre of the print, the ground exposed by (supposed) breaking away of portions of the glass showing sepia, and that still covered with glass a light bluish-green, the effect at a distance being very deceptive. Information on the subject or reference to its mention elsewhere will confer a favour. W. B. H. T. TAYLER, MODELLER IN WAX.-Entrusted to me for safe keeping during the lifetime of the present owner-who is a namesake of my own, and has willed it to me-is a finely modelled, seated figure in alto-relievo of one Peter Cotterell of Bilston, Staffs, and Handsworth, Birmingham, on the base of which appears " T. Tayler. Fct." The subject of the figure was born in 1779, and would be about 50 when it was modelled, so that c. 1830 may be a rough date for the work. Can any reader say who T. Tayler He was evidently a man of some ability as a modeller. was? HOWARD H. COTTERELL, F.R.H.S. Foden Road, Walsall. "DOWLE CHAMBER. By his will, proved P.C.C. 1546, William Gower of Boulton St. John, co. Worc., bequeathed to his son Harry my chalice and all that doth belong to a priest and all things standing holy in the dowle chamber of Bulton." What was a "dowle " chamber? Was the term dowle" used to indicate the position of the room? R. VAUGHAN GOWER. Ferndale Lodge, Tunbridge Wells. DAMANT. What is the derivation of this name? It is rather uncommon in England, although in Holland and Flanders there are numbers of families bearing similar onesDamen, Damman, Dammen, Van Dammen, all of which appear in Rietstap's 'Armorial Général, 1884. The family about which I am inquiring is supposed to have come from the Continent via Kent, and settled in Suffolk, around Saxmundham, in Friston and Dallingho; but not even an approximate date has been given for this change of country. Several similar names-Dammant, Diment, Dement, &c.-are to be found in England without difficulty, but no relationship is known between these and the family in question. This is now in quite poor circumstances, but there is reason to believe that it was originally better placed. If the name is a Dutch one, there is a town, formerly of some importance, outside Bruges, named Damme, which may offer a derivation. Another suggested derivation is from a root represented in English by our word "dam," an embankment. F. H. R. AUTHOR WANTED.-Can any correspondent tell me where the following verses are to be found? I give the first stanza out of a poem of five :CREDO. I believe in dreams of duty, Warning where they can't control; F. HOGARTH. BUCKERIDGE STREET AND ALLEY. Buckeridge Alley, George Street, Spitalfields, and Buckeridge Street, Mile End, near Bancroft Road. After whom were these places named? There was a Buckeridge Street close to Tottenham Court Road many years ago, named after Nicholas Buckeridge, who married Sarah, daughter of William Bainbrigge; another daughter married Symon Dyott; and another Sir William Maynard, who all had property in this neighbourhood; but this Nicholas could not be he after whom the East-End places are named. A. STEPHENS DYER. 207, Kingston Road, Teddington. ILFRACOMBE ALFRED'S COMBE? - In some local correspondence a writer points out that in a document dated 12 Nov., 1283 (Feet of Fines, co. Devon), this place is referred to by the name of "Alfredescumbe.` 66 66 On referring to the ' Exeter Registers' (Preb. Hingeston - Randolph) I find it is mentioned in the Taxatio of Pope Nicholas (1288 to 1291) as "Aufridy combe "; in the Register of Bishop Bronescumbe as 'Aufricumbe," Aufricum," once as "Hilfrincombe," and once as Ilfredecombe." It seems as if in the following century the Awas generally changed into I at the beginning of the name. Bishop Grandisson uses the initial I in, I believe, every case but one, and then in the margin (to Aufricum ") adds "Ilfridecombe." Other spellings of his are Ilfherdecome (1328), Ilferdicombe (1329), Ilfardecombe, Ilferdecombe, and Ilferdicombe (1333), and Ilfredecombe in 1354/5. Some years since, on the spellings then known, Prof. Skeat pronounced the meaning to be "the Combe of the Sons of Alfred, and said that if the place had been Alfred's Combe it would have been "Elfredes combe," and the 8 would have remained. May I ask those who are acquainted with the natural mutations of letters whether the presence of the s in the first instance I have quoted, coupled with the marked change of initial in the beginning of the fourteenth century, does not supply the evidence, lacking when Prof. Skeat wrote, that the original meaning was, indeed, Alfred's Combe"? While writing, may I ask your correspondent PEREGRINUS to furnish the date of the document to which he refers on p. 484 of the last volume respecting this place? W. S. B. H. COFFIN-SHAPED CHAPELS.-In The Baptist Times of the 2nd inst. an extract is given from Mr. Fison's account of the Strict Baptist churches in Suffolk. Two he visited, "both large structures, are built in the shape of coffins-a weird sight." One chapel was so full that he could not get in, and had to sit on a form before the open door. HUMOROUS STORIES: W. R. HICKS AND R. S. DONNALL'S TRIAL. 66 says (10 S. ii. 188, 231, 355; 11 S. viii. 449.) THE trial of Robert Sawle Donnall took place in March, 1817, at Bodmin, when Hicks was about ten years old, as stated by W. B. H. The Tales of Devon that Hicks's talk with the foreman of the jury took place some year or so after." May not the talk have taken place when Hicks was a young or middle-aged man? We do not know when Hicks first told the story. This is one of his stock stories which he certainly told throughout the later part of his life. I knew him well, and heard him first tell the story years before he died in 1868. Whatever the date was, it is possible that he did at some time have some conversation with the foreman of the jury, and that he then, in consequence of what the foreman told him about the case, invented this admirable, witty, and humorof what passed when the jury were locked ous story. It is quite clear that the account up is a pure fiction. This, it must be borne in mind, was a trial for murder, and no one can believe that one of the jury said :— "I be for shuteing of it op. If a hath a-mit wi a misfortune with the old woman, I knaw by two he hath a-zaved from drowning; and if you draw one agin the t' other, I b' ant for hanging of un." 66 Again, another juror is made to say: I be for giving of 'un dree months in the sheriff's ward." And the foreman having said that "t'es neck or northing," the juror replied, "Then I'm for northing." Again, a juror who "spoke out like a man, on being asked by the foreman what his opinion was, replied: "Just as you plase. Hang 'un or no, t'esn't a ha'penny odds." Then it is said that the majolity car'd it agin the minolity." The whole story is a burlesque invented by Hicks, and perhaps suggested by his being on a jury himself. It is hardly likely that he told this story while the foreman was alive, as it ridicules him to such an extent, and he could have so readily contradicted it, and exposed the absurdity of it. Moreover, he could not have told the story while Donnall, who was a medical man, was alive, as it is based on his guilt, and on the assumption that an ignorant and stupid jury improperly acquitted him. In the third edition of Tales and Sayings it is said that the jury were "shut up with no vire nor candle for hours. Us come to decision in the deark" (p. 98). There is no statement that they were locked up for "twelve hours." 66 is an inscription in verse by Abraham Hayward, Q.C., who also wrote an obituary of Hicks in The Morning Post of 8 Sept., 1868, headed 'An Illustrious Obscure.' Let me say by the way that juries were not in 1817 allowed to have candles when they had retired to consider their verdict, unless the judge for some special reason ordered them to have them. In a case of treason, R. v. Hensey, in 1758, the jury wanted candles, having some letters to examine, which the bailiff could not let them have; but on Lord Mansfield being applied to, and the counsel on both sides agreeing to it, he ordered the jury to have candles. This practice was followed by other judges, but it was not until 1870 that juries were allowed, by the Juries Act of that year, "the use of a fire" and were also allowed "reasonable refreshment, such refreshment to be procured at their own expense." into returning a verdict speedily. Hence The hungry judges soon the sentence sign, Inner Temple. HARRY B. POLAND. "BEAU-PÈRE " (11 S. viii. 466).-Let me contribute a reply to my query. As I am Mr. W. F. Collier, the editor of 'Tales and Sayings,' spells the name of the prisoner Donnell, and he makes it appear that a failure of justice took place because "Dr. Cookworthy got into a wrangle with counsel and judge, lost his temper, and muddled the case for the jury," and he adds that glad to see and learn both from Godefroy's "Dr. Cookworthy saved the man's life, Dict. de l'ancienne langue française which was very far indeed from his inten- (x. 272), and from Darmesteter-Hatzfeldtion" the fact being that Dr. Cook-Thomas's 'Dict. franç.' (ii. 1674), there was, worthy was not a witness for the Crown, and still is, indeed, a specific term applied in but was called on behalf of the prisoner, and French as well as in Spanish to denote a did not get into any wrangle with any one!" stepfather," which came from the popular See the report in The Times of 3 April, 1817, Latin patrastrum, found in Ducange's 'Glosfrom which it appears that the jury retired sarium' (v. 140), viz., parâtre Span. pafor only a quarter of an hour," and not drasto Old French padrastre, parastre (occur"for hours." See also The Times, 9 April. ring in the Chanson de Roland' of the I do not like analyzing a good joke, but eleventh century). But it has now grown as W. B. H. has raised the question, and obsolete, and is used only in the restricted thrown serious doubt on the story, and evil sense of a bad father (like the correwishes to know " definitely the truth of the sponding original term for a stepmother: facts involved in the story of The Cornish marâtre Low Lat. matrasta). Such a reJury," I have complied with his request. striction and deterioration of the sense of parâtre, after the analogy of marâtre= mauvais père, mauvaise mère, appears to be a sufficient reason why beau-père and bellemère assumed their twofold sense of stepfather and stepmother as well as father-inlaw and mother-in-law. It may be worth while also to add the Greek and Latin different terms applied to a stepfather and a Besides the jury story, I have heard Hicks tell all his stories and sing his songs. The jury story Hicks never intended should be written and published, and part of the fun of it was in the perfect way in which it was told by him in the Cornish dialect. There is an excellent little bust of Hicks in the Garrick Club, and on the pedestal |