We are not told from what paintings Nos. 2. and 3. are engraved, but they resemble each other, and are somewhat like that in Bell's edition; so I shall set these three down as forming one class of portraits. No. 2. has, however, a curious inscription, _Edmund Spenser_, _obiit 1559_, which would lead us to reject it altogether, and look on it as an imaginary likeness. 4. The portrait in Pickering's Aldine edition, 1839: this bears no resemblance, either in costume or features, to those already mentioned; but, if I mistake not, is like that in Todd's edition, published in 1805,--we may call these a second class. An original portrait of Spenser is said to be in Lord Chesterfield's collection; another in Duplin Castle, the seat of Lord Kinnoul (of this there is a copy at Althorpe by Sir Henry Raeburn). Mr. Wright, in his _Memorials of Cambridge_, mentions a portrait at Pembroke College, "a copy by Wilson," but he does not say from what original: Mr. Craik, in _Spenser and his Writings_, speaks of _two_ as being in this college. The writer thinks he recollects a law-suit relative to a portrait of the poet, which had been sold to the late Sir Robert Peel, and which was stated to have come from Ireland. Perhaps some of your readers could give information respecting this picture. It is clear, if the first three are all from the Chesterfield original, that this painting, and the one from which Mr. Pickering's is taken, cannot both be portraits of Spenser. The object of this Query is to ascertain, if possible, which engraving, or class of engravings, resembles the poet. E. M. B. * * * * * THE VENDACE. The very remarkable fish called the _Vendace_ is to be found but in one place in the three kingdoms,--the Castle Loch of Lochmaben, a parish to the south of Dumfriesshire in Scotland. The Vendace, it is said, derives its name from _Vendois_ in France, and was brought to this country by one of the James's. This, however, is mere conjecture, and, from its habits, highly improbable--because _they die the moment they are either touched or exposed to the air_. According to Mr. Stewart (_Elements of Natural Hist._), the Vendace belongs to a species which he calls _Salmo albula_, or the "Juvangis." "This species," he adds, "is found in Lochmaben in Scotland, and _nowhere else_: it is said to have been carried thither from England in the time of Robert the Bruce." Mr. Stewart describes the fish, but from his description it is evident he has never seen it. The following one is exact:--