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io-s. iv. OCT. 2i, 1905.) NOTES AND QUERIES. 333 Drake with the house called "The Bowls," and the bowling-green at Uhigwell; while " tradition," again, might easily mix up the name of Drake with this bowling-green through another famous sailor, Admiral Sir Eliab Harvey, K.G.C.. who distinguished himself in the battle of Trafalgar, having resided at Rolls Park, in this parish. Rolls Park was purchased by Eliab Harvey, ancestor of Sir Eliab, in the beginning of the seventeenth century. J. HOLDEN MACMlCHAEL. COUNTESS OP HUNTINGDON AT HIGHOATE (10th S. iv. 149).—If your correspondent has not already done so, I would suggest a search through the 'Life and Times of Selina, Countess of Huntingdon,' 1840, 2 vols. 8vo— a work of over 1,000 closely packed pages, which most of the big public libraries possess. Unfortunately the book, like many others, lacks a proper index, and my time is limited just at present, or I should be happy to search my copy of the work. W. JAGGAKD. 139, Canning Street, Liverpool. LOOPING THE LOOP : FLYING OR CENTRI- FUGAL RAILWAY : WHIRL OF DEATH (10th S. iv. 65,176).—There was a Centrifugal Railway in the Botanic Gardens, Liverpool (Everton district, I believe), when Blondin exhibited on the tight rope, probably about 1857. The car of the railway contained two persons. J. C. P. COL. PITT, 1711 (10th S. iv. 206).—Was he not John (d. 1744), the third son of Governor Thomas Pitt ("Diamond Pitt") and Jane Innes, and uncle of William Pitt, first Earl of Chatham ? A. R. BAYLEY. SUPPRESSION OF DUELLING IN ENGLAND (10th S. ii. 367, 435; iii. 16, 475). — A short essay on duelling may be found in Thomas Fuller's 'Holy State,1 book ii. chap. xix. sec. 7. It is part of the chapter on ' The good Souldier.' It begins :— " All single Duels he deteateth, as having no command in Gods word." Later it says :— " If slaying, he hazards his neck to the halter ; if slain, in heat of malice, without repentance, he adventures his soul to the devil." In the last paragraph Fuller writes :— " Ve may therefore conclude that the laws of Duelling, as the laws of drinking, had their original! from the devil; and therefore the de- clining of needlesae quarrels in our Souldier,* no abatement of Honour.'1—Edit. 1642, pp. 122-5.

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The following are extracted from Messrs. Pickering & Chatto's ' Book-Lover's Leaflet," New Series, No. 141 (received August, 1905), s.v. ' Duelling':— Mutio Justinopolitano (Hieronimo). II Duello del Mutio Justinopolitano, con le Risposte Cavalle- resche. in Vinetia: Appresso Domenico Farsi, 1576, 12mo. Segar (Sir W., Kt.). Honor. Military and Civill, contained in Four Bookes. London, Robert Bar- ker, 1602, folio.—The third is 'Combats for Life and Triumph.' Dupleix (M. Scipion). Lea Lois Militaires Tou- chant Le Dvel. Paria, Francois Gueffier, 1611, small 8vo. Heigham (Thomas). The Ghosts of the Deceased Sieurs de Villemor and de Fontaines, a moat neces- sary Discourse of Duells wherein is shewed the means to roote them out quite, with the Discourse of Valour, bv the Sieur de Chevalier, to the King, the Third Edition, reviewed, corrected, and aug- mented in French and translated by Thp. Heigham. Cantrell Legge, Printer to the Universitie of Cam- bridge, 1624, 12mo. Selden (John). Antidvello; or a Treatise, in which is Discussed the Lawfulnesae and Unlawful- neaae of Single Combats. London, Thomas Harper for Benjamin Fisher, 1632, am. 11 <-. Comber (Thomas, B.D.). A Discourse of Duels, shewing the Sinful Nature and Mischievous Effects of them, by T. C., D.D. London, Samuel Roycroft for Robert Clavell, 1687, 4to. The True Conduct of Persona of Quality, Trans- lated out of the French. (London) Walter Kettilby, 1694, 12mo.—Chap. xxii. treats ' Of Duels.' The Substance of all the Depositions taken at the Coroner's Inquest the 17th, 19th. and 21st of Novem- ber, on the Body of Duke Hamilton [s»c], and the 15th, 18th, 20th, and 22nd on the Body of my Lord M<.him, &c. London, A. Baldwin, 1712, small 8vo. Sharpe(Granville). A Tract on Duelling. London, B. VVhite and Son, and C. Diel. 1790, 8vo., 2nd ed. Gilchrist(James P.). A Brief Display of theOrigin and History of Ordeals: Trials by Buttle, Courts of. Chivalry or Honour, and the Decision of Private Quarrels by Single Combat; also a Chronological Register of the Principal Duels fought from the Accession of his late Majesty to the Present Time. Printed for the Author, 1821, 8vo. ROBERT PIERPOINT. SA, Bickenhall Mansions, Gloucester Place, W. AN EARLY LATIN-ENGLISH-BASQUE DIC- TIONARY (10th S. iv. 143, 255).—I feel bound to correct a pardonable mistake into which, MR. E. S. DODGSON fell when writing about the MS. of Joannes de Etcheverri, which I had the good fortune to discover at Zarauz. I went thither on purpose to see the MSS. of Aiiibarro, which were described by MR. DODGSON some years ago in the Revue de Linguistiyue, &nd which I hope will be pub- lished shortly. The mistake is, perhaps, due to the way in which I have stated the fact* of the case in my little brochure. The new acquisition will be published under my own