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of Scotland. His daughter and heiress married
Chisholm of that ilk. I should be glad to know
more of the Lauder family. A. CALDER.
DJACHWI. On pp. 196 and 197 of a most readable book of ' West Irish Folk-Tales and Romances/collectedand translated by William Larminie (London, 1898), the words "To God and the Djachwi" are thrice met with. What does Djachwi mean 1 PALAMEDES.
DOUBLE DEDICATIONS. In Parker's ' Calen- dar of the Anglican Church ' two churches in England are said to be dedicated under the invocation of SS. Mary and George. One of these is presumably that of Cockington, Devon, the patron saints of which are St. George and St. Mary. I shall be glad to hear what is the other, why St. George is
S laced before St. Mary, and if these double edications belong to any particular period.
F. B. Torquay.
GEORGE BRUCE. Any information as to date and place of his birth, life, and death is desired ; he describes himself as a minia- ture painter, and is author of
Poems and Songs on Various Occasions. Edin- burgh, 1811.
Poems and Songs on Various Occasions, Edin- burgh, 1813.
Edinburgh : a Poem in the Scottish Dialect. By a Native. Edinburgh. No date.
The Musical Festival : a Poem in the Scottish Dialect. By Edinas. Edinburgh, 1815.
Patie and Nelly ; or, the Radical Reformation : a True Tale. By a Volunteer. Edinburgh, 1820.
W. L. WEBB.
' DISOBEDIENT DICK, THE NAUGHTY CHICK.' Can any one tell me the name of the author of this book for children, published in 1860 by Ward, Lock & Co. ?
A. W. MALCOLMSON.
47, Victoria Street, S.W.
WILLIAM WALL. --Dr. Cotton, in his preface to Wall's 'Hist, of Infant Baptism,' ed. 1844, states that Wall's birthplace and the school where he was educated, and whether he ever became a member of either of our universities, appear to be unknown. As many years have passed, have these doubts been dispelled ?
M.A.OxoN.
THE LONDON ELECTRICAL DISPENSARY. This institution appears in a list of dispen- saries in and near London in the 'British Almanack' for 1830, p. 144. The date of foundation was given as 1793, the address being 16, Bunhill Row. The treasurer was J. Esdaile, Esq., and the secretary W. Betham,
Esq. Can any of your readers give some in-
formation as to the origin and objects of this
dispensary ? The curative action of voltaic
electricity could not have been known in
1793, the discoveries of Volta and Galvani
having only just been given to the scientific
world. R. B. P.
"LIKE A TOAD IN A MUD WALL WITHOUT
MONEY." This is one of the strangest sayings I have met with. Idle and useless folks are "like a toad in a mud wall without money." Is it, or anything like it, known elsewhere? A better form would be, " Like a toad without money in a mud wall." THOS. RATCLIFFE. Worksop.
[" Like a cat in hell without claws." See 7 th S. iv. 367.]
CIVIL WAR IN SCOTLAND. I should be much obliged to any of your Scottish readers who could inform me in what books to find particulars regarding the Civil War in Scot- land (say down to 1650) as it affected the district north of Inverness. I am already acquainted with the various editions of the ' Deeds of Montrose.' Also, where can I find an account of what led up to the decision in 1648 "to put the kingdom of Scotland into a state of defence " 1 JOHN WILLCOCK.
Lerwick.
" BOUZE " AND " BOUZY." I have for long been interested in observing the various forms in which this word appears. Pope wrote " bowzy." Dr. Johnson gives u to bouse," " bousy," and " to bowssen " ; the last word, however, it would seem the Doctor con- sidered as distinct from the others. Leigh Hunt wrote "booze." Burns has "boosing." De Quincey wrote "bouzy." I should be inclined to think De Quincey correct; but I have noted (without quoting authority) " Boozah, a kind of beer, Arabic," from which it would seem as if "boozy" and "booze" were correct. Dr. Johnson derives from the Dutch buysen, to drink.
The word is variously spelt at the present day. Is there any sufficient reason why it should be so 1 It is worthy of remark that ' booze " is now often used as a noun, though it may not yet have found its way into the dictionaries. THOMAS AULD.
[See ' H.E.D.' under ' Bouse.']
RAM-US FAMILY. I am anxious to obtain some biographical details respecting Miss , Benedetta Ramus, who married Sir John Day, K.B., Advocate-General of the East India Company (he died at Richmond, 14 June,
- and of Miss Ramus, who married a
