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bury, either their like or any one else. On
what notion does the saying repose ?
G. KRUEGER. Berlin.
^ ATHENIAN SYSTEM OF DATING. The Athe- nians divided their (lunar) months into three parts, denominated, respectively, the "moon's beginning," the "moon's middling," the " moon's ending." Was this system of dating employed in official documents for example, in the written depositions of the witnesses before the dicastery in the time of Pericles 1 RESERVE OF OFFICERS.
BUNNEY. On the Hampshire coast chines or valleys running up from the sea are called Bunneys as, for instance, Chewton Bunney, near Christchurch. Can any of your readers give the etymology of this word ?
ARTHUR W. THOMAS, M.D.
[You will find the word in the 'N.E.D.' with a quotation from R. D. Blackmore, but no suggestion of etymology. The 'E.D.D.' defines it as a chine, a gully.]
LANARTH. Was there ever a barony of Lanarth 1 If so, at what period, and what was the family name ? CROSS-CROSSLET.
' VICAR OF WAKEFIELD' IN FRENCH. Can any reader say if a work published in 2 vols., "A Lpndres, 1767," and bearing the title "Le Ministre de Wakefield, Histoire supposee ecrite par Lui-meme," is the first French translation of the ' Vicar ' ? I should also like to know the name of the translator, and if the book is of any particular value. Lowndes gives 1799 as the date of the first French translation, while Austin Dobson in his bibliography omits all mention of an edition in that language, but notices the first German edition, 1787. G. B.
[Many translations, of which the one mentioned seems to be the first, exist, but none appears to have much pecuniary value. You will find all about it under Goldsmith in Querard, ' Dictionnaire Bibliographique.' An illustrated translation, in 2 vols., by Etienne Aignan, An IV., brings five or six francs.]
JAGGARD, EAST ANGLIAN FAMILY AND ELIZABETHAN PRINTERS. I shall be thankful for any references to the foregoing, for use in the history of the family I am preparing.
WM. JAGGARD.
139, Canning Street, Liverpool.
THOMAS PIGOTT. Can any correspondent kindly give me the parentage of a Thomas Pigott, of Dublin, who died intestate in 1778 ] His wife Mary (maiden name?) survived him, and his sister Elizabeth Pigott married first, (?) in 1736, Thomas Bernard, and secondly
the Rev. Peter Westenra, curate of Rosse-
nallis, Queen's Co., brother of Warner Wes-
tenra, ancestor of Lord Rossmore. Peter
died s.%). in 1788. WM. JACKSON PIGOTT.
"RAMIE." Can a Lancashire man tell me the meaning of the above, for I infer it is a provincialism ]
" If ramie had received the attention it deserved, no cotton crises would be in our midst. To grow ramie is the best solution of the problem how to avoid cotton-gambling, cornering crises. We need no legislation ; the remedy is ramie." Daily Dispatch.
M.A.OxoN.
1 WILHELM MEISTER.' Can any reader supply a complete list of the translations which have been made of ' Wilhelm Meister ' into English and French 1 KOM OMBO.
RODMELL FAMILY. I shall be glad if any readers who have met with this name in the course of their reading (especially in books or documents of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries or earlier) will kindly communicate directly with me.
RONALD DIXON.
46, Marlborough Avenue, Hull.
BEATING THE BOUNDS : ITS ORIGIN. I am anxious to discover the origin of the practice of whipping or "bumping " persons who take part in the perambulation or parishes at this time of year. Was there any such practice in connexion with the mediaeval Rogation processions which were replaced by the present custom ? C. W. F. M.
NAME FOR A UNIVERSITY WOMEN'S CLUB. Would some ingenious person among the many quick-witted contributors to 'N. & Q.' be kind enough to suggest a suitable name for a club or society of university women, who have been appealing to their friends all round to help them in this matter 1 A Latin or Greek name preferred.
ANIMO ANCIPITI.
MAJOR-GENERAL EYRES. Can any reader give me information as to the place and date birth, or any clue as to the parentage, of George Boulton Eyres, who was a major- eneral in the Hon. E. I. Co.'s service, and ied at Bath 15 January, 1797, aged sixty- one years ? C. E. JOHNSTON. Terlings, Harlow.
LOUISA M. ALCOTT. In what English periodical publication did Miss Alcott's story 'Eight Cousins' appear serially? I should like to know the date of the publication, also its title and publisher. I think it was in the seventies. W. J. JOHNSTON.
54, Wellington Road, Dublin.
