the same place, are printed near the end of his Remains; vide No. 43 of the preceding list. Page 266. Brelsford. Or Brailsford, a Township in the Hundred of Appletree, in Derbyshire, situate about 7 miles N. W. of the Town of Derby. Carlisle. Page 270. Own me for his adopted son. This alludes to the practice of the ancient Alchemists and Astrologers, of adopting favourite persons for their sons or pupils, to whom they imparted their secrets. Hawkins. In the present translation of the Scriptures, the Disciples of the Prophets are called "the "Sons of the Prophets," with the same signification. Page 283. Like Tom Coriate. This eccentric son of the Rev. George Coriate, was born at Odcombe in Somersetshire, in 1577. He was educated at Westminster School, and at Gloucester Hall Oxford; after which, he went into the family of Henry Prince of Wales. He travelled almost all over Europe on foot, and in that tour walked 900 miles with one pair of shoes, which he got mended at Zurich. Afterwards he visited Turkey, Persia, and the Great Mogul's dominions; proceeding in so frugal a manner, that, as he tells his mother, in a letter to her, in his ten months' travels, between Aleppo and the Mogul's Court, he spent but Three Pounds Sterling, living reasonably well for about Two-pence Sterling a day! He was a redoubted cham pion for the Christian religion, against the Mahometans and Pagans; in the defence whereof he sometimes risqued his life. He died of the Flux, occasioned by drinking Sack at Surat in 1617; having, in 1611, published his Travels in a quarto volume, which he called his Crudities; in which, on the reverse of b 1, in "a cha"racter of the Author," is the passage alluded to in the text. Hawkins. Chalmers. The preceding portrait of Coriate was copied from the Frontispiece to that work. Page 283. What have we here? A Church? This alludes to the Church at Alstonefield, a Parish in the North Division of the Hundred of Totmanslow, and County of Stafford; it is dedicated to St. Peter, and stands 5 miles NN.W. from Ashborn. Carlisle. The following view of it was taken from the South-west-that which appears on p. 286 is from the North-west. Page 289. Now you are come to the door. This celebrated Fishing-House, views of which are given at pp. 292 and 347, is formed of stone, and the room within is a cube of fifteen feet, paved with black and white marble, having in the centre a square black marble table. The roof, which is triangular in shape, terminates in a square stone sun-dial surmounted by a globe and a vane. It was originally wainscoated with walls of carved panels and divisions, in the larger spaces of which were painted some of the most interesting scenes in the vicinity of the building; whilst the smaller ones were occupied with groups of Fishing-tackle. In the right-hand corner stood a large beaufet with folding doors, on which were painted the portraits of Walton and Cotton attended by a Servant-boy; and beneath it was a closet, having a Trout and a Grayling delineated upon the door. Such was the original appearance of the Fishing-House, as collected from a description given by Mr. White of Crickhowel to Sir John Hawkins, in 1784; although it was then considerably decayed, especially in the wainscoating and the paintings. To this, the following account of its present state, written from actual observation by W. H. Pepys, Esq., F. R. S., &c. will form an appropriate and an interesting counterpart. The visit which it details, was made of a party composed of several eminent characters, now living, equally distinguished in Science and the Fine Arts. "It was in the month of April, 1811, that I visited the celebrated 'Fishing-House of Cotton and Walton. I left Ashbourne about nine "o'clock in the morning, accompanied by several Brothers of the "Angle: we took the Buxton road for about six miles, and turning "through a gate to the left, soon descended into the Valley of the "Dove, and continued along the banks of the river for about three "miles farther, when we arrived at Beresford Hall. The Fishing"House is situated on a small peninsula, round which the river "flows, and was then nearly enveloped with trees. It has been a "small neat stone building, covered with stone-slates, or tiles, but "is now going fast to decay: the stone steps by which you entered "the door are nearly destroyed. It is of a quadrangular form, "having a door and two windows in the front, and one larger win"dow on each of the other three sides. The door was secured on "the outside, by a strong staple; but the bars and casements of "the windows being gone, an easy entrance was obtained. The "marble floor, as described by White in 1784, had been removed; "only one of the pedestals upon which the table was formerly 'placed was standing, and that much deteriorated. On the left "side was the fire-place, the mantle-piece and sides of which were "in a good state. The chimney and recess for the stove were so "exactly on the Rumford plan, that one might have supposed he "had lived in the time when it was erected. On the right hand "side of the room, is an angular excavation or small cellar, over "which the cupboard, or beaufet, formerly stood. The wainscoat "of the room is wanting, the ceiling is broken, and part of the "stone-tiling admits both light and water. Upon examining the "small cellar, we found the other pedestal which supported the "marble table; and against the door on the inside, three large fragments of the table itself, which were of the Black Dove-Dale "Marble, bevelled on the edges, and had been well polished. The 'inscription over the door, and the cypher of Walton and Cotton "in the Key-stone, were very legible." 66 On the Title-page to the Second Part of the preceding work appears an engraving of this Key-stone; and on the reverse of the same leaf, are representations of the Chimney-piece and Stone Table above-mentioned, taken from sketches made upon the spot, Page 311. As Dametas says by his man Dorus. Vide Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia, No. 40 in the foregoing list, Lib. 1. p. 70, of that volume. Browne. Page 313. He was a lovely fish, and turned up a side like a Salmon. There is but little doubt, that the Author of Guy Mannering had these words in his mind, when he wrote the description of the Salmon-hunt near Charlies-hope; since he makes one of the charac ters say, "Come here, Sir! Come here, Sir! look at this ane! "look at this ane! he turns up a side like a Sow." Edit. Edinb. 1815. vol. ii. Chap. v. p. 65. Page 320. Isabella-coloured. A species of whitish-yellow, or buff colour somewhat soiled. Altieri. The name of this tint is said to have originated in the following circumstance. The Archduke Albert, who had married the Infanta Isabella, daughter of Philip II. King of Spain, with whom he had the Low-Countries in dowry, in the year 1602, having determined to lay siege to Ostend, then in the possession of the Protestants, the Princess, who attended him in his expedition, made a vow, that until it was captured she would never change her garments. It was, however, three years, before the city was reduced; and in that time the Infanta's linen had acquired the hue abovementioned. Hawkins. ABDOMINAL Fishes, explanation of, 364. Order of, 365. Debates on Albertus Magnus, 69, 190. Account of, 392. Aldrovandus, U., 100, 131, 181, 194. Portrait of, 133. Account Alstonefield Church, 283. Views and notice of, 286, 404. Ambrose, St. his admiration of the Grayling, 132. Amos, Illustration from the Prophet, 24, 37, 385. Amwell-hill, 3, 46, 47. View of, 46. Church and Spring at, Anderson, Sir Tho. History and engraving of his Seal-ring, 398. Angling, earliest English work on, xvi. Paper on, from the Ant-fly, 61, 218, 220. Directions for making, 336, 338. With a Run- |