—Where can I obtain any particulars of the life of Tregonwell Frampton, Esq., commonly called the "Father of the Turf," who died at an advanced age about 1727-8. Reference is made to him in the Rambler.
T. R. W.
347. Weever and Fuller—their Autographs wanted.
—Can any of your readers direct the etcher of a portrait of Weever, where to find his autograph, from which to make a copy to illustrate it? It is not to be found in the British Museum. The extreme paucity of information respecting this worthy is somewhat strange, considering the value of his contributions to literature. In our leading biographies and cyclopædias his name does not occur. By-the-bye, where was he buried, and what inscription is there on his "funeral monument?"
An etched portrait is about to be published in the next part of the Antiquarian Etching Club, of Fuller, the author of Worthies, Church History, &c., without a copy of his signature for the same reason, unless one should be discovered.
It has been suggested that search made in the library of Queen's College, Cambridge, might prove successful in both cases, from the fact of their having both belonged to that college. Perhaps some member of the university would kindly undertake the inquiry.
A. E. C.
348. Is the Badger Amphibious?
—Turner (Sacred History of the World, Letter XV. vol. i. p. 428. 4th edit. 1833) says:
"The beaver, otter, and badger are amphibious creatures, but not oviparous."