naval system of their day, would have scarcely
left this unnoticed when they attack much slighter abuses. If such a thing
ever occurred, even in the worst of times, it must have been an isolated
case. I have not met elsewhere with any allusion to this passage, or the
atrocity recorded in it, and would be glad of more information on the
subject.

J. S. WARDEN.

_Turlehydes._--During the great famine in Ireland land in 1331, it is said
that--

"The people in their distress met with an unexpected and providential
relief. For about the 24th June, a prodigious number of large sea fish,
called turlehydes, were brought into the bay of Dublin, and cast on
shore at the mouth of the river Dodder. They were from thirty to forty
feet long, and so bulky that two tall men placed one on each side of
the fish could not see one another."--_The History and Antiquities of
the City of Dublin from the Earliest Accounts_, by Walter Harris, 1766,
p. 265.

This account is compiled from several records of the time, some of which
still exist. As the term _turlehydes_ is not known to Irish scholars, can
any of the readers of "N. & Q." say what precise animal is meant by it, or
give any derivation or reference for the term?

U. U.

Dublin.

_Foreign Orders--Queen of Bohemia._--It is well known that in some foreign
Orders the decorations thereof are conferred upon ladies. Can any of your
correspondents inform me whether the Order of the Annunciation of Sardinia,
formerly the Order of the Ducal House of Savoy, at any time conferred its
decorations upon ladies; and whether the Princess Elizabeth, afterwards
Queen of Bohemia, ever had the decoration of any foreign order conferred
upon her? In a portrait of her she is represented with a star or badge upon
the upper part of the left arm.

S. E. G.

_Pickard Family._--Is the _Pickard_, or _Picard_, family, a branch of which
is located in Yorkshire, of Norman origin? If so, who were the _first
settlers_ in England; and also in what county are they most numerous?

ONE OF THE FAMILY.

Bradford.

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_Irish Chieftains._--Some account of the following, _Historical
Reminiscences of O'Byrnes, O'Tooles, O'Kavanaghs, and other Irish
Chieftains_, privately printed, 1843, is requested by

JOHN MARTIN.

Woburn Abbey.

_General Braddock._--Can any of your readers furnish me with information
relative to this officer? His disastrous expedition against Fort Du Qu