family of Constable he belonged; and where I could find a pedigree of his family.

Comes Stabuli.

Malta.

Fading Ink.—I have somewhere seen a receipt for an ink, which completely fades away after it has been written a few months. Will some chemical reader kindly refer me to it?

C. Clifton Barry.

Sir Ralph Killigrew.—Who was Sir Ralph Killigrew, born circa 1585. I should be very much obliged to be referred to a good pedigree of the Killigrew family of the above period.

Patonce.


Minor Queries with Answers.

Pepys.—I have lately acquired a collection of letters between Pepys and Major Aungier, Sir Isaac Newton, Halley, and other persons, relating to the management of the mathematical school at Christ's Hospital; and containing details of the career of some of the King's scholars after leaving the school. The letters extend from 1692 to 1695; and are the original letters received by Pepys, with his drafts of the answers. They are loosely stitched, in order of date, in a thick volume, and are two hundred and upwards in number. Are these letters known, and have they ever been published or referred to?