Families_, p. 83., I
find an Edward Snowe of Chicksand mentioned as having married Emma,
second daughter of William Byne, Esq., of Wakehurst, Sussex. What was
his relationship to R. Snow, mentioned above? The arms of this family
are, Per fesse nebulee azure, and argent three antelopes' heads,
erased counterchanged, armed or.

_The Bristol Riots_.--"J.B.M." asks our Bristol readers what
compilation may be relied on as an accurate description of the Bristol
riots of 1831? and whether _The Bristol Riots, their Causes, Progress,
and Consequences, by a Citizen_, is generally received as an accurate
account?

1, Union Place, Lisson Grove.

_A Living Dog better that a Dead Lion_.--Can any of your readers
inform me with whom the proverb originated: "_A living dog is better
than a dead lion?_" F. Domin. Bannez (or Bannes), in his defence of
Cardinal Cajetan, after his death, against the attacks of Cardinal
Catharinus and Melchior Canus (_Comment. in prim. par. S. Thom._ p.
450. ed. Duaci, 1614), says--

"Certe potest dici de istis, quod de Graecis insultantibus
Hectori jam mortuo dixit Homerus, quod _leoni mortuo etiam
lepores insultant_."

Query? Is this, or any like expression, to be found in Homer? If so,
I should feel much obliged to any of your correspondents who would
favour me with the reference.

JOHN SANSOM.

_Author of "Literary Leisure_."--Can any of your readers inform me of
the name of the author of _Literary Leisure_, published by Miller,
Old Bond Street, 1802, in 2 volumes? It purports to have come out in
weekly parts, of which the first is dated Sept. 26. 1799. It contains
many interesting papers in prose and verse: it is dedicated to the
Editors of the _Monthly Review_. The motto in the title-page is--

"Saiva res est: philosophatur quoque jam;
Quod erat ei nomen? Thesaurochrysonicochrysides."--Plautus.

Is the work noticed in the _Monthly Review_, about that time?

NEMO.

_The Meaning of "Complexion."_--Is the word "complexion," used in
describing an individual, to be considered as applied to the _tint_
of the skin only, or to the colour of the hair and eyes? Can a person,
having dark eyes and hair, but with a clear white skin, be said to be
fair?

NEMO.

_American Bittern--Derivation of "Calamity."_--It has been stated of
an American Bittern, that it has the power of admitting rays of light
from its breast, by which fish are attracted within its reach. Can any
one