_Dates on Tombstones_ (Vol. vii., p. 331.).--A correspondent asks for instances of dates on tombstones prior to 1601. I cannot give any, but I can refer to some slabs lying upon the ground in a churchyard near Oundle (Tausor if I remember aright), on which appear in relief recumbent figures with the hands upon the breast, crossed, or in the attitude of prayer. These are of a much earlier date, and I should be much pleased to know if many or any such instances elsewhere occur. B. H. C. _Subterranean Bells_ (Vol. vii., pp. 128. 328.).--Bells under ground and under water, so often referred to, remind me of the Oundle Drumming Well, which I remember seeing when a child. There is a legend connected with it which I heard, but cannot accurately recollect. The well itself is referred to in Brand, vol. ii. p. 369. (Bohn's ed.), but the legend is not given. B. H. C. _Mistletoe in Ireland_ (Vol. ii., p. 270.).--I have just received, in full blossom, a very fine spray from a luxuriant plant of this parasite growing on an apple tree in the gardens of Farmley, the seat of William Lloyd Flood, Esq., in the county of Kilkenny. This plant of mistletoe has existed at {513} Farmley beyond the memory of the present generation; but Mr. Flood's impression, communicated to me, is, that it was artificially produced from seed by some former gardener. If natural, which _may_ be the case, this instance of its occurrence in Ireland is, I believe, unique. JAMES GRAVES. Kilkenny. _Stars and Flowers_ (Vol. iv., p. 22.; Vol. vii., p. 151. 341.).--Passages illustrative of this similitude have been quoted from Cowley, Longfellow, Hood, and Moir. The metaphor is also made use of by Darwin, in his _Loves of the Plants_: "Roll on, ye stars! exult in youthful prime, Mark with bright curves the printless steps of time; _Flowers of the sky!_ ye, too, to age must yield, Frail as your silken sisters of the field." CUTHBERT BEDE, B.A. _The Painting by Fuseli_ (Vol. vii., p. 453.).--The picture by the late Henry Fuseli, R.A., inquired after by MR. SANSOM, is in the collection at Sir John Soane's Museum; it was purchased by him in 1802. It was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1780, and is thus entered in the Catalogue of that year: "No. 77. Ezzelin Bracciaferro musing over Meduna, destroyed by him, for disloyalty, during his absence in the Holy Land. _Fuseli._" There is an engraving of the picture in _Essays on Physiognomy_, by J. C. Lavater, translated from the French by Henry Hunter, D.D., 4to.: London, 1789. The _second_ volume, p. 294. The inscription under that engraving, by Holloway, is as follows: "Ezzelin, Count of Ravenna, surnamed Bracciaferro or Iron Arm, musing over the body of Meduna; slain by him, for infidelity, during his absence in the Holy Land." GEORGE BAILEY.