Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
247. _Cavalcade._--Your correspondent MR. W. H. HESLEDEN, in his
description of "A Funeral in Hamburgh" (Vol. iv., p. 269.), has twice
made use of the word _cavalcade_ in reference to that which would
otherwise appear to be a walking procession. He will oblige me (and I
dare say others of your readers) by explaining whether the procession
was really equestrian, or whether he has any authority for the
application of the term to pedestrians. The use of the word cannot have
been a mere oversight, since it is repeated. The relation in which it
stands makes it very doubtful whether it can, by any possibility, be
intended to describe a riding party. If, by any latitude, the word may
be otherwise applied, an authority would be interesting. If it is an
error, it certainly should not go uncorrected in "NOTES AND QUERIES."