Pretor i a

In honour of Pretor i us, the first President of the Boer Republic in South Africa. Pretty Kettle of Fish. Save that the second word should be “Kiddle,” expre ive of a basket placed in a river for catching fish, this expre ion is very old. During the time of the Plant a genets the warder of the Tower claimed the right of trapping fish outside Traitors’ Gate in this way for his own benefit; but the citizens of London systematically made a raid upon his kiddles, and destroyed them. “A pretty kiddle of fish indeed!” he was wont to exclaim to the Beefeaters on discovering the damage done to his preserves. Primitive Methodists. The original Methodists, those who resort to open-air preaching and singing, after the style of Wesley and Whit field. On account of their “Camp Meetings” they are styled also Ranters.