' A few miles distant from Morley, west of
Leeds, the 'Boggart' or 'Barguest,' the Yorkshire Brownie is called by
the people the _Gui-trash_, or _Ghei-trash_, the usual description of
which is invariably that of a shaggy dog or other animal, _encumbered_
with a chain round its neck, which is heard to rattle in its movements.
I have heard the common people in Yorkshire say, that they 'have been
_trashing_ about all day;' using it in the sense of having had a tiring
walk or day's work.

"East of Leeds the 'Boggart' is called the _Padfoot_."

G. P.

_Adamsoniana_ (Vol. vii., p. 500.).--Michel Ada_n_son (not Ada_m_son), who
has left his name to the gigantic Baobab tree of Senegal (_Adansonia
digitata_), and his memory to all who appreciate the advantages of a
natural classification of plants--for which Jussieu was indebted to
him--was the son of a gentleman, who after firmly attaching himself to the
Stuarts, left Scotland and entered the service of the Archbishop of Aix.
The _Encyclopaedia Britannica_, and, I imagine, almost all biographical
dictionaries and similar works, contain notices of him. His devoted life
has deserved a more lengthened chronicle.

SELEUCUS.

Your correspondent E. H. A., who inquires respecting the family of Michel
Adamson, or Michael Adamson, is informed that in France, the country of his
birth, the name is invariably written "Ada_n_son;" while the author of
_Fanny of Caernarvon, or the War of the Roses_, is described as "John
Ada_m_son." Both names are pronounced alike in French; but the difference
of spelling would seem adverse to the supposition that the family of the
botanist was of Scottish extraction.

HENRY H. BREEN.

St. Lucia.

_Portrait of Cromwell_ (Vol. viii., p. 55.).--The portrait inquired after
by MR. RIX is at the British Museum. Being placed over the cases in the
long gallery of natural history, it is extremely difficult to be seen.

JOHN BRUCE.

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_Burke's "Mighty Boar of the Forest"_ (Vol. iii., p. 493.; Vol. iv., p.
391.).--It is not, I hope, too late to notice that Burke's description of
Junius is an allusion neither to the _Iliad_, xiii. 471., nor to Psalm
lxxx. 8-13., but to the _Iliad_, xvii. 280-284. I cannot resist quoting the
lines containing the simile, at once for their applicability and their own
innate beauty:

"[Greek: Ithusen de dia promachon, sui eikelos alken]
[Greek: Kaprioi, host' en oressi kunas thalerous t