"Anno 1627. Vicesimo quinto Octobris.
"Peregrinus quidam tempore pestes in communi campo mortuus eodem loco quo inventus sepultus."
There was a pestilence in England in 1625. In 1628 sixteen thousand persons died of the plague at Lyons.
W. E.
I do not know whether the case recorded in London Labour and the London Poor, vol. i. p. 411.—by the way, is that work ever to be completed, and how far has it gone?—of a man buried at the top of a house at Foot's Cray, in Kent, has been noticed by any correspondent.
P. J. F. Gantillon, B.A.
Sangaree (Vol. iii., p. 141.).—I take it that the word ought to be spelled sansgris, being derived from the French words sans, without, and gris, tipsy, meaning a beverage that would not make tipsy. I have been a good deal in the French island of Martinique, and they use the term frequently in this sense as applied to a beverage made of white wine ("Vin de Grave"), syrup, water, and nutmeg with a small piece of fresh lime-skin hanging over the edge of the glass. A native of Martinique gave me this as the derivation of the word. The beverage ought not to be stirred after the nutmeg is put in it, as the fastidious say it would spoil the flavour.
T. B.
Point of Etiquette (Vol. viii., p. 386.).—The title Miss, without the Christian name, belongs to the eldest unmarried daughter of the representative of the family only. If he have lost his own children, his brother is heir presumptive merely to the family honours; and can neither assume nor give to his daughter the titles to which they are only expectants. The matter becomes evident, if you test the rule by a peerage instead of a squirage. Even the eldest daughter of a baronet or landed gentleman loses her title of Miss, when her brother succeeds to the representation, provided he have a daughter to claim the title.
P. P.