[This _Diary_ is by the celebrated John Caspar Lavater, author of
_Essays on Physiognomy_. In 1769 he commenced it under the title of
_Secret Journal of a Self-Observer_. In the following year it fell into
the hands of a stranger, and from him it was transmitted to Zollikofer,
with such alterations, however, as to conceal the real author.
Zollikofer, thinking that it contained much useful matter, had it
printed; and among others, sent a copy of it to his friend Lavater, who
was beyond measure astonished at the sight. However, as it was now
before the world in a somewhat disfigured state, Lavater edited it with
the necessary alterations, and with an additional volume: Leipsic, 1771
and 1773. In 1795, the German original was translated into English by
the Rev. Peter Will, of the Reformed German Chapel in the Savoy, in two
vols. 8vo. Prefixed to the second volume is a letter from Lavater to
the editor, with the editor's reply. See Chalmers's _Biographical
Dictionary, s. v._, and Heisch's _Memoirs of John Caspar Lavater_, pp.
58-60.]
_Jockey._--Mr. Borrow, in his Introduction to _The Gypsies of Spain_, says:
"The English gypsies are constant attendants at the race-course. What
jockey is not? Perhaps jockeyism originated with them, and even racing,
at least in England. Jockeyism properly implies _the management of a
whip_; and the word _jockey_ is neither more nor less than the term,
slightly modified, by which they designate the formidable whip which
they usually carry, at present in general use amongst horse-traffickers
under the title of jockey-whips."
Can any of your correspondents give the derivation of _jockey_?