of
the natives suffering themselves to be carried down in sport, which Rollin
says is confirmed by modern travellers; but can this be so? Can any one
give the names of any of these travellers, and supply the blank thus left
by the historian?

S. G.

_Paternoster Tackling.--Dancing Trenchmore._--What is the origin and
meaning of this term? also of the phrase "Dancing Trenchmore?"

S. G.

_Hymns_.--Will some of your correspondents favour me with a copy of "Queen
Mary's Lament," a translation of which appeared in Coxe's delightful
_Christian Ballads_. Also Adam of St. Victor's "exquisite poem" on the
Cross, referred to by Mr. Trench in his _Sacred Latin Poetry_?

JARLTZBERG.

_Camden and Curwen Families._--Camden, in his _Britannia_, art.
"Cumberland," mentions his descent, by the mother's side, from the Curwens
of Workington. Should any of your numerous correspondents be able to trace
their descent, he would much oblige a member of that family.

H. C.

_Jartuare._--Can any of your readers oblige me with any account of a
printed book called _Jartuare?_ Its date would be early in the sixteenth
century, if not earlier.

W.(1.)

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Replies.

JOHN BUNYAN AND HIS PORTRAIT.--DID BUNYAN KNOW HOBBES?

(Vol. ii., pp. 476. 518.; Vol. iii., p. 70.)

The best portrait of John Bunyan was drawn and engraved by White, to the
_Holy War_, 1682. The original drawing, and a fine impression of the
engraving, is preserved in the illustrated Grainger's _History of England_,
in the print-room at the British Museum. It was copied in folio for
Bunyan's _Works_. It has been recently copied for Mr. Bogue's elegant
edition of the _Pilgrim_, and for the first complete edition of Bunyan's
_Works_, now publishing by Messrs. Blackie and Sons, Glasgow. A fac-simile
was engraved for an edition of the _Pilgrim_, by Mr. Pickering, 8vo. 1849.

That the great allegorist was not the author of _Heart's Ease_ in _Heart
Trouble_ is perfectly clear, not only that the style is very different, but
from the author being known. It was first published in 1690, under the
initials of J. B., and the Epistle is dated "From the house of my
pilgrimage, March, 1690." Bunyan died in August, 1688. Mr. Palmer, in his
_Calamy_, vol. ii. p.16., states that the author was James Birdwood.

Whether Bunyan was acquainted with Hobbes depends upon the authority of a
small volume of _Visions of Heaven and Hell_, published unde