C. B.
Fern Storms (Vol. v., p. 242.).
—In Colonel Reid's Law of Storms, p. 483. et seq., 2nd edition, accounts are given of the violent whirlwind produced by fires. It maybe supposed that in former times they were on a larger scale than at present, and, from the great force described, they might have affected the weather at least, when on the turn already.
C. B.
The last of the Paleologi (Vol v., p. 173.).
—All that was known respecting the descendants J. L. C. will find in an article relating to the family in the Transactions of the Society of Antiquaries, Archæologia, vol. xviii. pp. 84-104.
G.
"Whipping Graves" (Vol v., p. 247.).
—CYRUS REDDING will find that the "Ritus Absolvendi jam mortuum" in the modern Rituale Romanum (Mechliniæ, 1848), is performed exactly according to his description.
G. A. T.