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Notes and Queries, Number 26, April 27, 1850
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Title: Notes & Queries, No. 26. Saturday, April 27, 1850 A Medium Of Inter-Communication For Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, Etc.
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NOTES AND QUERIES:
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CONTENTS.
NOTES:-- Nicholas Breton, by the Rev. T. Corser. 409 Notes upon Cunningham's London, by E.F. Rimbault, LL.D. 410 Notes on the Dodo, by H.E. Strickland. 410 Derivation of "Sterling" and "Penny." 411 Hanno's Periplus, by S.W. Singer. 412 Folk Lore:--Cook-eels--Divination by Bible and Key--Weather Proverb. 412 Bibliographical Notes, by E.F. Rimbault, LL.D. 413 Pope, Petronius, and his Translators, by A. Rich, Jun. 414
QUERIES:-- When were Umbrellas introduced into England? by E.F. Rimbault, LL.D. 414 Minor Queries:--Duke o