Chapter I: Part 1

TEN THOUSAND
WONDERFUL THINGS

COMPRISING

WHATEVER IS MARVELLOUS AND RARE, CURIOUS
ECCENTRIC AND EXTRAORDINARY

IN ALL AGES AND NATIONS

ENRICHED WITH

_HUNDREDS OF AUTHENTIC ILLUSTRATIONS_

EDITED BY

EDMUND FILLINGHAM KING, M.A.

LONDON
GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND SONS, LIMITED

BROADWAY, LUDGATE HILL
MANCHESTER AND NEW YORK

1894

STANDARD WORKS OF REFERENCE.

_UNIFORM WITH THIS VOLUME._

LEMPRIERE'S CLASSICAL DICTIONARY.

WALKER'S RHYMING DICTIONARY.

MACKAY'S THOUSAND AND ONE GEMS OF ENGLISH POETRY.

D'ISRAELI'S CURIOSITIES OF LITERATURE.

BARTLETT'S FAMILIAR QUOTATIONS.

CRUDEN'S CONCORDANCE TO THE BIBLE.

THE FAMILY DOCTOR.

PREFACE.

A BOOK OF WONDERS requires but a brief introduction. Our title-page tells its own tale and forms the best exposition of the contents of the volume.

Everything that is marvellous carries with it much that is instructive, and, in this sense, "Ten Thousand Wonderful Things," may be made useful for the highest educational purposes. Events which happen in the regular course have no claim to a place in any work that professes to be a register of what is uncommon; and were we to select such Wonders only as are capable of familiar demonstration, we should destroy their right to be deemed wondrous, and, at the same time, defeat the very object which we profess to have in view. A marvel once explained away ceases to be a marvel. For this reason, while rejecting everything that is obviously fictitious and untrue, we have not hesitated to insert many incidents which appear at first sight to be wholly incredible.

In the present work, interesting Scenes from Nature, Curiosities of Art, Costume and Customs of a bygone period rather predominate; but we have devoted many of its pages to descriptions of remarkable Occurrences, beautiful Landscapes, stupendous Water-falls, and sublime Sea-pieces. It is true that some of our illustrations may not be beautiful according to the sense in which the word is generally used; but they are all the more curious and characteristic, as well as truthful, on that account; for whatever is lost of beauty, is gained by accuracy. What is odd or quaint, strange or startling, rarely possesses much claim to the picturesque and refined. Scrape the rust off an antique coin, and, while you make it look more shining, you invariably render it worthless in the eyes of a collector. To polish up a fact which derives its value either from the strangeness of its nature, or from the quaintness of its narration, is like the obliterating process of scrubbing up a painting by one of the old masters. It looks all the cleaner for the operation, but, the chances are, it is spoilt as a work of art.

We trust it is needless to say that we have closed our pages against everything that can be considered objectionable in its tendency; and, while every statement in this volume has been culled with conscientious care from authentic, although not generally accessible, sources, we have scrupulously rejected every line that could give offence, and endeavoured, in accordance with what we profess in our title-page, to amuse by the eccentric, to startle by the unexpected, and to astonish by the marvellous.

INDEX TO ENGRAVINGS

PAGE

ABYSSINIAN ARMS, 509

---- LADIES, 492

---- ORNAMENTS OF, 493

---- LADY TATTOOED, 496

ALTAR-PIECE OF SAN MINIATO, 601

AMULET WORN BY EGYPTIAN FEMALES, 452

AMULET BROTCHE, 332

ANCIENT METHOD OF KEEPING A WASHING ACCOUNT, 3

---- NUT-CRACKERS, 236

---- SNUFF-BOXES, 210

ANGLO-SAXONS, SEPULCHRAL BARROW OF THE, 27

APTERYX, THE, OR WINGLESS BIRD, 308

ARCH, A BEAUTIFUL, IN CANNISTOWN CHURCH, 433

---- OF TRAJAN AT BENEVENTUM, 445

ARCHITECTURE FOR EARTHQUAKES, 324

ARMLET, AN ANCIENT, 425

ARMOUR, ANCIENT, CURIOUS PIECE OF, 341

ASH, THE SHREW, 397

AZTEC CHILDREN, THE, 37

BAGPIPES, 505

BANDOLIERS, 560

BANNERS AND STANDARDS, ANCIENT, 584, 585

BASTILLE, STORMING OF THE, 195

BEAU BRUMMELL (A), OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY, 61

BECTIVE ABBEY, 392

BEDESMEN IN THE TIME OF HENRY VII, 593

BELLOWS, A PRIMITIVE PAIR OF, 637

BELL SHRINE, AN ANCIENT, 348

---- OF SAINT MURA, 412

BIBLE USED BY CHARLES I. ON THE SCAFFOLD, 271

BILLY IN THE SALT BOX, 181

BLACKFRIARS, PARIS GARDEN AT, 465

BLIND GRANNY, 70

---- JACK, 23

BOAT, A BURMESE, 668

BOOK-SHAPED WATCH, 328

BRACELET, A MAGICIAN'S, 345

BRAMA, THE HINDOO DEITY, 556

BRANK, THE, 2

BRASS MEDAL OF OUR SAVIOUR, 241

BRITANNIA TUBULAR BRIDGE, 173

BROOCH, ANCIENT SCANDINAVIAN, 401

BRICKS OF BABYLON, 613

BRIDGE OVER THE THAMES, THE FIRST, 428

---- A CHINESE, 440

---- CROMWELL'S, AT GLENGARIFF, 648

BUCKINGER, MATTHEW, 53

BUCKLER OF THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY, WITH PISTOL INSERTED, 30

BUNYAN'S (JOHN) TOMB, 157

BURMESE PRIEST PREACHING, 266

BUST, AN ANCIENT ETRURIAN, 677

CAMDEN CUP, THE, 250

CANDLESTICK, A REMARKABLE, IN FAYENCE, 592

---- OF MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS, 436

CARFAX CONDUIT, 333

CARRIAGE, A TURKISH, 656

CASCADE DES PELERINES, 135

CATACOMBS AT ROME, 87

CAVE, PORT COON, 516

---- THE TIGER, AT CUTTACK, 361

CHAIR BROUGHT OVER TO AMERICA BY THE PILGRIM FATHERS, 186

---- DAGOBERT'S, ANCIENT, 421

---- HENRY VIII.'S, 488

---- THE DUCHESS OF LAUDERDALE'S, 401

CHAPTER-HOUSE, A, IN THE TIME OF HENRY VII., 600

CHARLEMAGNE, CROWN OF, 377

CHIEFTAIN, ANCIENT SCOTTISH, 500

CHINESE METHOD OF FISHING, 316

---- PUNISHMENT OF THE KANG, OR WOODEN COLLAR, 134

CHRISTMAS, PROCLAIMING THE NON-OBSERVANCE OF, 19

CISTERN OF MAJOLICA WARE, 597

COFFEE POT, IN STONEWARE, A CURIOUS, 649

COIN, THE FIRST, WITH BRITANNIA ON IT, 468

COLLARS, ANCIENT STONE, 665

COLUMN AT CUSSI, 533

COMB, A CURIOUS INDIAN, 657

CORAL REEFS, 74

CORPSE BEARER DURING THE PLAGUE, 284

COSTUMES, ANCIENT, 18, 71, 78, 86, 212, 213, 220, 296, 297

---- GERMAN, OF THE 16TH CENTURY, 548

COSTUME, FOREIGN, IN 1492, 543

---- OF A GERMAN NOBLE, 536

COUTEAU-DE-CHASSE, 633

CRADLE OF MOSS, 325

---- HENRY V., 416

CROSBY, SIR JOHN, HELMET OF, 520

CROSS OF CONG, 457

---- MUIREDACH, 369

CUCKING STOOL, 1

CUPID OF THE HINDOOS, THE, 552

CURFEW BELL, THE, 33

CURIOUS FIGURES ON A SMALL SHRINE, 203

DAGGER OF RAOUL DE COURCY, 263

---- AN ANCIENT, 673

DAGOBERT, ANCIENT CHAIR OF, 421

DANCING NATIVES OF NEW SOUTH WALES, 225

DARNEY (JENNY), A HARMLESS ECCENTRIC OF THE YEAR 1790, 187

DERVISHES DANCING, 669

DIAL AND FOUNTAIN IN LEADENHALL STREET, 553

DINNER PARTY IN THE 17TH CENTURY, 609

---- TABLE, AN EGYPTIAN, 537

DIOGENES IN A PITHOS--NOT TUB, 524

DOG-WHEEL, THE OLD, 101

DRINKING CUP, A CURIOUSLY SHAPED, 413

---- EARLY GERMAN, 460

---- VESSEL, A DECORATIVE, 336

---- GLASS, ANCIENT, 153

DROPPING WELL OF KNARESBOROUGH, 143

DRUID'S SEAT, THE, 464

DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS, OR ORNITHORYNCHUS PARADOXUS, 273

DYAK WITH HEADS, SKULL HOUSE, AND HOUSE OF SEA DYAKS, 276, 277

---- WAR BOAT IN BORNEO, 540

DYAKS OF BORNEO, WAR DANCE OF THE, 541

EAST INDIA HOUSE, THE FIRST, 206

EDDYSTONE LIGHTHOUSE, 109

EGYPTIAN TOYS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM, 130

EMBROIDERED GLOVE, PRESENTED BY MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTLAND,
TO AN ATTENDANT ON THE MORNING OF HER EXECUTION, 263

EXTRAORDINARY CATARACT, 224

---- SITUATION FOR A TREE, 313

---- TREE, 183

FASHIONABLE DISFIGUREMENT OF THE TIME OF CHARLES I., 213

FAWKES HALL, OLD MANOR HOUSE OF, 380

FETE OF THE FEDERATION OF THE NATIONAL GUARDS OF
FRANCE, 1790, 289

FIGG (JAMES), THE CHAMPION PRIZE-FIGHTER OF 1733, 113

FISH, SHOOTING, 432

FISHERMAN, BULGARIAN, 497

FLOATING CITY OF BANKOK, 309

FONT AT KILCARN, THE, 417

FRENCH ASSIGNATS, FAC-SIMILE OF THE FORMS IN WHICH THEY
WERE ISSUED TO THE PUBLIC, 254

FULLERTON'S (COLONEL) DEVICE FOR PASSING A MOUNTAIN TORRENT, 194

FUNEREAL JAR, 481

GARDEN, EGYPTIAN, 349

GARRICK'S CUP, 232

GATE, THE, ON OLD LONDON BRIDGE, 561

GAUNTLET OF HENRY, PRINCE OF WALES, 661

GIANT TREE, 229

GLAIVE, A, 504

GRACE KNIVES, 641

GRAVES OF THE STONE PERIOD, 364

GREAT WALL OF CHINA, 233

GREY MAN'S PATH, THE, 528

GUN, A CELEBRATED, 568

GUY, THOMAS, PORTRAIT OF, 605

HACKNEY COACHMAN OF THE TIME OF CHARLES II., 258

HACKNEY COACH, THE EARLIEST, 211

HEAD-BREAKER, A, 665

---- ORNAMENT, ANTIQUE, 393

HEART OF LORD EDWARD BRUCE AND CASE, 246, 247

HELMET, AN EARLY ENGLISH, 632

HELMET OF SIR JOHN CROSBY, 520

HENRY V., CRADLE OF, 516

---- VII., BEDESMEN IN THE TIME OF, 393

---- VIII., CHAIR OF, 488

---- I. (KING) DREAM OF, 26

---- VIII.'S WALKING STICK, 30

HINDOO ADORATION OF THE SALAGRAM, 588

HOLY-WATER SPRINKLER, 532

HOOPS, LADIES', IN 1740, 6

HUDSON, JEFFERY, THE DWARF OF THE COURT OF CHARLES I., 472

IMPLEMENTS USED IN BUDDHIST TEMPLES, 621

INCENSE CHARIOT, AN ANCIENT, 513

INSTRUMENTS OF TORTURE:--THE EXECUTIONER'S AXE; THE BLOCK
ON WHICH LORDS BALMERINO AND LOVAT WERE BEHEADED; THE
SCAVENGER'S DAUGHTER; SPANISH BILBOES; MASSIVE IRON
COLLAR FOR THE NECK; THUMB SCREW. BRAND FOR MARKING
FELONS: IMPRESSION OF BRAND; PUNISHMENT FOR DRUNKARDS,
FORMERLY IN USE AT NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE; THE WHIRLIGIG,
A MILITARY METHOD OF PUNISHMENT; PILLORY, STOCKS, AND
WHIPPING-POST FORMERLY ON LONDON BRIDGE, 60, 90

IRRIGATION, TURKISH MACHINE FOR, 681

JAMES I., CURIOUS JEWEL WHICH BELONGED TO, 456

---- II., AND THE CHURCH OF DONORE, 557

JEWEL PRESENTED BY MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS, TO EARL HUNTLEY, 243

JOHNSON'S (DR. SAMUEL), RESIDENCE IN INNER TEMPLE LANE, 48

---- OLD STAIRCASE IN, 49

JOY (WILLIAM), THE ENGLISH SAMPSON, 177

KING'S STONE, THE, 461

KNIGHT'S COSTUME OF THE 13TH CENTURY, 480

LAMPS, ANCIENT ROMAN, 437

LOCOMOTIVE, THE FIRST, 96

---- THE PRESENT, AND TRAIN, 97

LORD OF MISRULE, 15

LOUIS XII., IVORY SCEPTRE OF, 476

LOUIS XVI., EXECUTION OF, 255

LUTHER'S (MARTIN) TANKARD, 150

LYNCH'S CASTLE, GALWAY, 581

MAGICIAN'S MIRROR, 344

---- BRACELET, 345

MAY-POLES, 101

MAIL, ANCIENT SUIT OF, 484

MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS', CANDLESTICK, 436

MEDMENHAM ABBEY, 429

MILITARY HATS IN THE OLDEN TIME, 75

MILL AT LISSOY, 469

MIRROR, A MAGICIAN'S, 344

MONSOONS, 180

MONSTROUS HEAD-DRESS OF 1782, 242

MONUMENTS, WAYSIDE, 588

---- ROCK CUT, OF ASIA MINOR, 444

MORAYSHIRE FLOODS, 126

MOSQUE OF OMAR, 317

---- ST. SOPHIA, 104

MUMMERS, OR ANCIENT WAITS, 14

MUMMY CASES, 409

MUSICAL INSTRUMENT, HINDOO, 684

---- ---- A CURIOUS BURMESE, 628, 629

---- ---- EGYPTIAN, 405

NAORA, THE, 636

NEBUCHADNEZZAR, MASK OF, 105

NECKLACE, ANCIENT JET, 529

NELL GWYNNE'S LOOKING-GLASS, 237

NEWTON CHURCH, DOORWAY OF, 473

NEWTON'S (SIR ISAAC) OBSERVATORY, 10

---- HOUSE, ST. MARTIN'S STREET, 11

NORMAN CAPS, 44

NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN WAR DESPATCH, 45

OLD LONDON BRIDGE, GATE ON THE, 561

---- ---- SIGNS, 120

ORNAMENTS ABYSSINIAN FEMALE, 493

---- ANTIQUE HEAD, 393

---- FEMALE, OF THE IRON PERIOD, 400

---- EGYPTIAN FEMALE, 448

---- PERSONAL, OF EGYPTIANS, 453

---- OF FEMALE DRESS IN THE TIMES OF THE ANCIENT BRITONS, 79

PAGODA, THE GREAT SHOEMADOO, 572

PAILOOS, CHINESE, 625

PAPYRUS ROLL, FROM A SPECIMEN IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM, 82

---- SYRIAN, WITH AND WITHOUT FLOWERS, 83

PARIS GARDEN AT BLACKFRIARS, 465

PASS OF KEIM-AN-EIGH, 329

PENN'S (WILLIAM) SILVER TEA SERVICE, 202

PENNSYLVANIA JOURNAL, FAC-SIMILE OF THE HEADING OF
THE LAST NUMBER, 1765, 63

PEST HOUSE DURING THE PLAGUE IN TOTHILL FIELDS, 573

PETER THE GREAT, HOUSE OF, AT ZAANDAM, 545

PLOUGHING, ANCIENT MODE OF, 66

POISON CUP, THE, 485

PONT DU GARD, THE GREAT AQUEDUCT OF, 312

POPE'S CHAIR, 577

POPULAR AMUSEMENTS IN 1743, 56

PORCELAIN FIGURES, 517

POTTERY IN CHINA, THE ART OF, 321

POWERSCOURT FALL, PHENOMENON AT, 305

PREACHING FRIAR, 221

PRE-ADAMITE BONE CAVERNS, 199

PRIESTS OF SIKKIM, 664

PRINCE RUPERT, HEAD QUARTERS OF, DURING THE SIEGE
OF LIVERPOOL, IN 1644, 292

PULPIT OF JOHN KNOX AT ST. ANDREW'S, 270

PUNISHMENT, ANCIENT INSTRUMENT OF, 680

PYRAMIDS OF EGYPT, 131

QUEEN ELIZABETH'S STATE COACH, 198

---- ---- SIDE SADDLE OF, 340

RAFFAELLE, TOMB OF, 569

RALEIGH'S (SIR WALTER) ANCIENT RESIDENCE AT BLACKWALL, 161

REVOLVER, A, OF THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY, 30

RING, FORMERLY THE PROPERTY OF CHARLES I., 263

RINGS, CALCINATED, 408

---- SARDONYX, WITH CAMEO HEAD OF QUEEN ELIZABETH, 372

---- A TOAD STONE, 424

ROCK OF CASHEL, THE, 352

RUINS OF CLONMACNOIS, 612

SACK-POT, OLD ENGLISH, 521

SAINT GEORGE, TOMB OF, 281

SAINT GEORGE'S HALL, GIBRALTAR, 7

SALAGRAM, HINDOO ADORATION OF THE, 589

SARDONYX RING, WITH CAMEO HEAD OF QUEEN ELIZABETH, 373

SCEPTRE, IVORY, OF LOUIS XII., 476

SCHOOL, A CHINESE, 525

SCRIPTURAL ANTIQUITIES:--DRUM, OR TIMBREL; DRUM IN USE
IN THE EAST; HARP; LUTES; INSCRIBED STONE; SANDALS;
DISTAFF; ROMAN FARTHING; STONEMONEY-WRIGHTS; HAND
MILL; EASTERN WINE AND WATER BOTTLES, 217

SELKIRK (ALEXANDER) AND THE DANCING GOATS, 22

SEPULCHRAL VASE, 320, 608

SHAKESPEARE'S JUG, 576

SHIELD, ANCIENT DANISH, 420

SHRINE OF ST. SEBALD AT NUREMBERG, 604

SILVER LOCKET IN MEMORY OF THE EXECUTION OF CHARLES I., 263

SNAKE CHARMER, 300

SOUTH STACK LIGHTHOUSE, 240

SPANISH DAGGER OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY, 263

SPIDER, THE TRAP-DOOR, 384

---- NEST OF THE, 385

ST. WINIFRED'S WELL, 304

STAMP, MEDICINE, ANTIQUE ROMAN, 449

STANDARDS, EGYPTIAN, 396

---- ASSYRIAN, 584, 585

STEAM BOAT, FAC-SIMILE OF THE FIRST, 301

STICKS, OLD WALKING, 388

SWORD BREAKER, ANCIENT, 672

---- AN EXECUTIONER'S, 676

---- CURIOUS ANTIQUE, 596

---- THE HAWTHORNDEN, 353

---- THE SETON, 357

SUMMERS' MAGNET, OR LOADSTONE, 41

TEMPLAR'S BANNER, CALLED BEAUSEANT, 565

TEMPLE AT SIMONBONG, INTERIOR VIEW OF, 620

THRASHING CORN, ANCIENT METHOD OF, 67

TILBURY FORT, WATER-GATE OF, 190

TOILET BOXES, EGYPTIAN, 381

TOMB, ANCIENT GREEK, INTERIOR VIEW OF, 617

---- A CHINESE, 508

---- OF RAFFAELLE, 569

TOMB OF CAECILIA METELLA, 477

TOPE, THE SANCHI, 389

TORTURE CHAMBER AT NUREMBERG, 616

TOWER OF THE THUNDERING WINDS, 93

TRAJAN, ARCH OF, AT BENEVENTUM, 445

TREATY STONE AT LIMERICK, 564

TRIPOD, AN ANCIENT, 549

TUMBREL, THE, 2

TUNISIAN TURNER, A, 652

TYRIAN PURPLE, THE SHELL FISH FROM WHICH IT IS OBTAINED, 644

UMBRELLA, ANGLO-SAXON, 624

VASES, ANCIENT, 337

---- GREEK, 501

---- ROMAN, IN BLACK WARE, 372

---- A SEPULCHRAL, OF ANCIENT EGYPT, 608

VASES TEUTONIC, HUT-SHAPED, 580

VAUXHALL, 380

VESSEL, A CURIOUSLY SHAPED, 376

VESUVIUS, CRATER OF, IN 1829, 165

VISHNU, THE GOD, 645

VOLCANO OF JORULLO, MEXICO, 161

WAR CHARIOT OF EGYPT, 365

WATCH, ANTIQUE, 368

---- PRESENTED BY LOUIS XII. OF FRANCE TO CHARLES I.
OF ENGLAND, 640

---- PRESENTED BY MARY OF SCOTLAND TO MARY SKATON, 285

WATER CARRIER OF THE OLDEN TIME, 259

WEAPON, AN ANCIENT, 660

---- A POISON, 672

WEAVER BIRD, SOCIAL NEST OF, 441

WIGS OF VARIOUS PERIODS, 31

INDEX.

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Abbey Buildings, The Arrangement of, 658

Abraham and Sarah, 101

Abyssinian Ladies, Dress of the, 491

Abyssinian Lady, Tattooed, 495

Advertisement, an American, 111

Advertisements, Curious, 406, 447, 455, 478

---- in the last Century, 207

---- of a Dying-speech Book, 116

---- New Style of, 249

---- a Pudding as an, 228

---- of a Fleet Parson, 116

A False Find, 31

A Female Sampson, 62

A Fine Old Soldier, 314

A Floating City, 308

A Funeral appropriately conducted, 235

Aged Persons, instances of many Dying, 283

Ages of Celebrated Men, 102

A Great Marvel seen in Scotland, 138

A Happy Family, 28

A Harmless Eccentric, 186

Albertus Magnus, Receipts from, 91

Ale Too Strong, 267

Alexandria, Pharos at, 274

Algerine Invasion of Ireland, 176

A Last Chance, 103

All Humbugs, 85

A Lucky Find, 6

A Man in a Vault Eleven Days, 69

---- Carries his House on his Head, 290

---- Selling his own Body, 95

---- aged One Hundred Years, 256

A Monster, 287

Ambassador, French, Entry into London, 262

---- why Held by the Arms, 162

Amphitheatres, 102

Amulets worn by Egyptian Females, 120

---- Brotche, 332

Amusements in the 15th Century, 254

---- in 1743, Popular, 56

An apparent Singularity accounted for, 93

An Eccentric Tourist, 139

Ancients, Credulity of the, 144

Anglo-Saxons, Sepulchral Barrow of, 26

Animals, Food of, 24

---- Communication between, 294

Animation, Suspended, 374

Anne Boleyn, Execution of, 375

Antimony, 570

Antipathies, 391

---- Unaccountable, 196

Antiquities, Egyptian, 642

Apollo, Oracles of, in France, 675

Arabian Horses, 291

Arabs, Horses of the, 498

Archbishop, an, Washing Feet, 5

Arch, A Beautiful, 433

A remarkable Old Man, 214

Armlet, Ancient, 425

Armour, Ancient, Curious Piece of, 341

Arms, Abyssinian, 509

Artists, Duration of Life amongst, 196

A Sea above the Sky, 81

Ash, the Shrew, 397

Ass, The, 116

Assiduity and Perseverance, 304

Attar of Roses, Origin of, 343

Attar of Roses, 298

A Woman takes the Lighted Match, 40

---- Defends a Post singly, 52

Authors, some Learned, Amusements of, 137

A Unique Library, 211

Aztec Children, 37

Babes of Bethlehem, The, 660

Bagpipes, Irish, 505

Ballot, Origin of the, 673

Bandoliers, 560

Bank, A Mattrass for a, 323

Banner, The Templars', called Beauseant, 564

Banquets of the Ancients, 439

Bara, a Machine used in Sicily, 415

Barbers, 94

Barometer, Incident connected with, 136

Bartholomew Fair in 1700, Handbill of, 148

Bastille of Paris, Storming of the, 194

Bazaar, a Turkish, 614

Bear, a Shaved, 17

Beard, Care of the, 503

Beau Brummell (a) of the 17th Century, 61

Bective Abbey, 392

Bedesmen in the time of Henry VII., 593

Bedford Missal, The, 407

Bee, The Queen, 25

Bees, Obedient to Training, 95

Beggars, Severe Enactment against, 302

---- selected as Models by Painters, 281

Bell, The Great, of Burmah, 559

---- of Rouen, 650

Bells, 193

---- of the Ancients, 279

---- of St. Mura, 411

Bell-Shrine, an Ancient, 347

Bellows, Primitive Pair of, 637

Bible, 118, 372, 490

---- Bunyan's, 121

---- Summary of the, 169

---- used by Charles I. on the Scaffold, 271

Billy in the Salt-box, 181

Birds, The Ear of, not to be Deceived, 228

Blind Jack, 23

---- Granny, 70

---- Workman, 155

Boat, Burmese, 667

Bobart, Jacob, 22

Boiling to Death, 663

Bolton Abbey, Origin of, 273

Bombardier Beetle, The, 68

Bones, Adaptation of to Age, 52

Book-shaped Watch, 328

Boots an object of Honour, 232

Boydell, Alderman, 9

Brama, the Hindoo Deity, 555

Bramins, Philosophy of the, 371

Brank, The, 2

Brass Medal, of our Saviour, 241

Breakfasting Hut in 1745, 158

Bribery, 141

Bricks of Babylon, The, 612

Bridge, Old London, The Gate of, 561

---- Chinese, 439

---- Suspension, at Freybourg, 166

Britannia Tubular Bridge, 172

British Islands, Size of the, 245

Brooch, Ancient Scandinavian, 401

Bruce, Lord Edward, Case containing the Heart of, 215

Brunswick, House of, Anecdote of the, 459

Buckinger, Matthew, 53

Buddist Temples, Instruments used in, 621

Bumper, 153

Bunyan's, John, Tomb, 156

Burial Places of Distinguished Men, 390

Burmah, Elephant God of, 537

Bust, Etrurian, An Ancient, 677

Byng, Admiral, Execution of, 182

Cader Idris, 118

Cagots, The, 638

Calculation, Interesting, 474

Cambridge Clods, 20

Camden Cup, 250

Camel, as a Scape-Goat, 522

Cameleon, The Eye of the, 479

Candles in the Church, 449

Cannon, Ancient, raised from the Sea, 40

---- at the Siege of Constantinople, 69

---- First Iron, 320

Canute, The Discovery of the Body of, 176

Cardinals, Colour of the Hat for, 234

Cards, Games with, in the 16th Century, 618

Carfax Conduit, 333

Carronades, 149

Carrara, Francis, Cruelty of, 504

Carriage, Turkish, 655

Cascade des Pelerines, 135

Cat, Instinct in a, 353

Catacombs at Rome, 87

Cataract, Extraordinary, 223

Cat-Clock, A, 631

Cats, White, 51

---- with Knotted Tails, 238

Caves, The Hawthornden, 382

Chaffinch Contest, 651

Chalice, Iona, The Golden, 422

Changes of Fortune, 371

Chaplain, Instructions to a, 458

Chapter-House in Henry VIIth's time, 599

Charing Cross, Autobiography of, 128

Charity instead of Pomp, 407

---- Rewarded by a Mendicant, 257

Charlemagne, Clock presented to, 145

Charles I., Anecdote relative to, 174

---- II., Privy Purse, Expenses of, 234

Cherry Tree, 458

Chess, in India, How it Originated, 305

Chieftain, Ancient Scottish, 500

Chilcott, the Giant, 71

Child, Test of Courage in a, 132

Children of Aged Parents, 319

China, Origin of the Great Wall of, 233

Chinese Dainties, 91

---- Ivory Balls, 144

---- Method of Fishing, 315

---- Punishment of the Kang, 134

---- Ladies, Small Feet of, 475

---- Mirrors, 425

---- School, 525

---- Therapeutics, 369

Chocolate, Early use of, 52

Christmas Customs, Bygone, 14, 19

Christening, Novel Mode of Celebrating a, 393

Chronology of Remarkable Events, 218

Church of Donore, James II. and the, 557

Cigars, Extraordinary Fashion in, 274

Circumstance, a Curious, 430

---- Extraordinary, 15

Cistern of Majolica Ware, 597

Clock at Hernhuth, Watchmen Imitating, 20

---- Wonderful, 167

Clocks, Early, 171

Clonmacnois, Ruins of, 289

Coachmen of the Time of Charles II., 257

Cock Fighting at Schools, 219

Coffee, 153

Coffee and Tea, 122

Coffee-house in London, the First, 4

---- Attractions in 1760, 41

Coin, The First, with Britannia on it, 468

Coinage, Variations in the, 650

Coincidences, some Curious, 434

Collars, Stone, Ancient, 665

Column at Cussi, 533

Comb, Curious Indian, 657

Conecte, Thomas, 433

Confectionary Art in 1660, 373

Conjuring, Public Taste for in 1718, 122

Conway Church, Inscription in, 112

Coral Reefs, 73

Coronations, Prices for Seats at, 160

---- Expenses at, 283

Corpulent Man, 78

Corpulence, Cure for, 80

Cost of Articles in the 14th Century, 330

Costume, Ancient Female, 71, 78

Costumes, 395, 437, 536, 544, 547, 630, 651

Couteau-de-Chasse, Ancient, 633

Cranmer's (Archbishop) Dietary, 137

Credulity, Extraordinary Instance of, 311

Cricket-Matches, Extraordinary, 408

Criminal, a Rich and Cruel, 450

Criminals, Old Custom Relating to, 598

Cromwell's Bridge at Glengariff, 648

Cross of Cong, The, 457

---- ---- Muiredach, 369

---- Ordeal of the, 463

Crown of Charlemagne, 377

Cucking-Stool, The, 1

Cupid, The, of the Hindoos, 230

Curious Feats, 181, 239

---- Law, 8

---- Manuscript, 214

Curiously-shaped Vessel, 376

Curiously-shaped Drinking Cups, 413

Curiosities, Strange, 457

Custom, Means of attracting, 683

Customs, Singular Local, 653

Daffeys' Elixir, 173

Dagger, An Ancient, 673

Dagobert, Ancient Chair of, 421

Dance, Curious Provincial in France, 679

Dances, Fashionable of the last Century, 220

Dancing Rooms, 57

Dead, Fashions for the, 523

Dead Bodies, Preservation of, 251, 280, 638

Death, Boiling to, 663

---- Lunar Influence in, 346

---- Pressing to, 515

Decorative Drinking Vessel, 336

Della Robbia Ware, 601

Demons, Bribing the, 531

Dervishes, Dancing, 669

Desolation, Scene of, 329

Destitute Cats, Asylum for, 280

Dial and Fountain in Leadenhall Street, 553

Dilemma, 499

Dinner, an Egyptian, 537

---- in China, 596

---- Party in the 17th Century, 609

Diogenes in a Pithos, not Tub, 101

Disorders Cured by Fright, 307

Dispute and appropriate Decision, 140

Dog (A) Extinguishing a Fire, 20

---- Combination of Instinct and Force, 284

---- A Sensible, Refusing to Bait a Cat, 76

---- Persevering, 80

---- Friendship, 84

---- A Piscatorial, 367

---- Sensible, 376

---- in Japan, 622

---- Figures of on Ancient Tombs, 682

Dog-wheel, The Old, 101

Dole in consequence of a Dream, 503

Doles, 399

Down among the Dead Men, 185

Dress, Forty years ago, 212

Dress in London, 18, 114, 253, 295

---- Fastidiousness at an Old Age, 243

---- of the Ancient Britons, 79

Drinking Bouts in Persia, 547

Drinks, Intoxicating, Antiquity of, 611

Dropping Wells, 142

Druids' Seat, 464

Drunkenness, the Offspring of, 666

Duns in the Mahratta Country, 379

Dyaks of Borneo, 275

Ears, Character Indicated by, 65

Earthenware, English, 575

Earthquake Panic, 520

---- Swallowed up by an, 329

---- at Lisbon, 200

---- Nottingham, in 1816, 280

Earthquakes, 398, 432

East India House, the First, 206

Eating for a Wager, 4

Eccentric Englishman, An, 438

Eccentrics, a Couple of, 318

Echo, Extraordinary, 341

Eddystone Lighthouse, 108

Edicts against Fiddlers, 328

Eel, Large, 10

Egypt, 491

---- Pyramids of, 130

Egyptian Toys in the British Museum, 129

Elephant Detects a Robber, An, 99

Elephants Frightened at Pigs, 9

Energy, A Triumph of, 193

England before the Romans, 86

Englishman, A Fat, 28

Epitaph, an Inculpatory, 268

Etna, Mount, Great Eruption of, 451

---- Changes of, 406

Europa, Ruins of, 567

Exchequer-bills, Origin of, 676

Execution, in 1793, 84

Extraordinary Tree, 183

Extravagance at Elections, 149

---- Oriental, 499

Eyam, The Desolation of, 226

Fallacy of the Virtues of a Seventh Son, 315

False Accusers, Punishing, 230

Farmers, Illustrious, 304

Fashionable Disfigurement, 213

Fayence, The, of Henry II. of France, 591

Feasts, Anglo-Saxon, 517

Federation, Fete of the, 288

Female Intrepidity, Extraordinary, 248

Ferrers, Earl, Execution of, 107

Figg, Champion, 113

Finger Rings, Porcelain, 486

Fire at Burwell, Cambridgeshire, 293

Fire-arms in the Tower of London, 29

Fire-engines, When first made, 223

Fish, Shooting, 432

---- High Price of, in London, 312

---- Extraordinary Ponds and, 561

---- Tame, 659

---- Wonderful, 542

Fishermen, Bulgarian, 497

Fleet Marriages, about 1740, 299

Floods, the Morayshire, 126

Flying Coach, 228

Fog of 1783, The Great, 414

Font at Kilcarn, The, 417

Food of the Ancients, 450

Foot-Racing in 1699, 457

Foreigners in London in 1567, 371

Fortune, Change of, 371

Fox Killed by a Swan, 4

Francis I., Funeral Oration of, 363

Franklin's Celebrated Letter to Strahan, 39

Frederick the Great at Table, 579

French Dress, 102

---- Assignats, the Origin, 253

Friars, Preaching, 221

Frost Fairs, 67

---- Extraordinary, 209

Funeral, an Eccentric, 395

---- Jar, 481

---- Obsequies, Strange, 108

Game Preserves at Chantilly, 362

Gamblers, Chinese, Playing for Fingers, 593

Gambling, Legalised, 141

---- Extraordinary, 359

Gaming, a National Taste for, 267

Gander, an Old, 27

Garden, an Egyptian, 349

---- at Kenilworth, when in its Prime, 641

---- Love of, 419

---- Sacred, 420

---- The Hanging, of Babylon, 558

Garrick's Cup, 232

Gauntlet of Henry, Prince of Wales, 661

George II., Proclamation for, 200

Georgians as Topers, 511

Giant Tree, 229

Gibraltar, Siege of, 6

Gigantic Bones, 248

Glaives, 504

Glove Money, 503

Gloves, Anne Boleyn's, 600

---- Origin of "Pin Money", 275

Grace Knives, 641

Graham Island, 443

Graves of the Stone Period, 363

Greek Vases, 501

Gretna Green Marriages, 159

Grey Man's Path, The, 528

Grinning for a Wager, 13

Groaning Boards, 66

Groat, a Castle for a, 470

Grotto, Remarkable, and Story connected with it, 625

Guillotine, Decapitation by the, 8

Gun, Celebrated, 568

Gunpowder, Making a Candlestick of, 249

Hackney Coach, The Earliest, 211

Hair, Ancient, Quantity and Colour of the, 4

---- Price of Human, 242

---- Remarkable Preservation of, 122

---- Transplantation of, 40

---- Turned Grey by Fright, 327

---- Two of the Fathers, on False, 24

Hamster Rat, The, 265

Handbills, Distributing, 178

---- from Peckham Fair, in 1726, 72

Hanging a Mayor, 140

"Happy Dispatch" in Japan, The, 578

Head Breaker, A., 338

Head-dress, Monstrous, 242

---- Ornament, Antique, 393

Hejirs, The, 222

Helmet, Early English, 632

---- of Sir John Crosby, 520

Henry I., Dream of, 26

---- II., Stripped when Dead, 39

---- V., Cradle of, 416

---- the VIIIth's Chair, 488

---- VIII., Curious Extracts from the Household Book
of Lady Mary, Daughter of, 399

Highlander, A Remarkable, 238

Highwaymen in 1782, 5

Hindoo Computation, 507

---- Rites, Cruelty of, 627

Historical Anecdote, 156

Holy Water Sprinkler, 532

Homer in a Nutshell, 127

Hooking a Boy Instead of a Fish, 319

Hoops, in 1740, 6

Horse, A, Getting himself Shod, 76

Horse-race, Indenture of a, 52

Horses of the Arabs, 498

Horses, Different Sorts of, in the 16th Century, 634

---- Feeding one another, 368

---- Vicious, Novel Way of Curing, 174

Hot Cross Buns, 251

House, Novel Way of Designating a, 539

---- of Hens' Feathers, 646

Household Rules of the 16th Century, 518

How Distant Ages are Connected, 200

Hudson, Jeffery, the Dwarf of the Court of Charles I., 472

"Humbug," Origin of the Term, 97

Hume, David, on his own Death, 215

Hundred Families' Lock, 435

Hunting Party, a Regal, 391

Husband, Novel way of Purchasing a, 275

Hydra, Extraordinary Reproductive Power of the, 490

Ice, Ground, 506

Ignorance and Fear, 290

Impostor, An, 50

Impudence or Candour? Which is it? 239

Incense Chariot, An Ancient, 513

Incremation, Instance of, 353

Indian Jugglers, European Balancing, 293

Inhumanity, Extraordinary Instances of, 436

Innkeeper's Bill in 1762, 431

Insects, Wonderful Formation of the Eye in, 467

Insect Life, Minuteness of, 338

Instinct of Animals, 410

Insurance Agent, Canvass of an, 465

Interesting and Fanciful Relique, 243

Inventors, The Perils of, 141

Irrigation, Turkish Machine for, 349

"It's much the same Now", 94

James II. and the Church of Donore, 557

James II., Spent by the Corporation of Coventry at the
Entertainment of, in his Progress through Coventry, 378

Javanese, Superstition of the, 244

Jenny's Whim, 174

Jewel, A Curious, which belonged to James I., 456

Jews, Wealth of the, 359

Johnson, Dr., A Visit to the Residence of, 48

Joy, William, the English Sampson, 176

Judas Iscariot, Legends of, 339

Judges attending Public Balls, 303

---- Salaries, 446

Jugglers in Japan, 529

---- of Modern Egypt, 342

Kildare, Death of the Earl of, 172

Killed by eating Mutton and Pudding, 73

King Edward I., Household Expenses of, 231

---- Fine for Insulting a, 149

---- of Kippen, The, 139

---- John and Pope Innocent, 463

King-Maker, Warwick the, 527

King's Bed, Ceremonial for Making the, 562

---- Cock Crower, The, 137

---- Dishes with the Cook's Name, 235

---- Stone, The, at Kingston, 461

Kitchen, Spacious, 383

Knight's Costume of the 13th Century, 480

Knives and Forks, 133

Knox, John, The Pulpit of, at St. Andrews, 269

Lady, Origin of the Word, 147

Lagmi, and the Use made of it, 623

Lambeth Wells, the Apollo Gardens, 272

Lamps, Roman, 437

Land, Change in the Value of, 196

Landslip at Colebroke, Shropshire, 184

Lantern, Curious, 100

Lauderdale, The Duchess of, 403

Law of the Mozcas, 454

Law and Order in the Streets of London, 131

Laws, a Hundred years ago, Severity of, 234

Leadenhall Street, Old Dial and Fountain in, 553

Legend, A Superstitious, 351

Legends among Savage Nations, 146

Length of Life without Bodily Exercise, 274

Lepers, Treatment of, in England, 493

Leprosy, Lazars, and Lazar Houses, 169

Letter, Extraordinary, 322

Lettsom's (Dr.) Reasons, 71

Lewson, The Eccentric Lady, 221

Life, An Eventful, 427

---- in Death, 443

Lighting the Streets, Bequests for, 310

Lightning, Calmuc's Opinion of, 63

Living, Style of, among the Nobility of the 15th Century, 533

---- in the 16th Century, 357

Lizards, Swallowing, 41

Loaf Sugar, 166

Locomotives, the First, 96

Locusts, 151

London Localities in the 16th Century, 526

London Water Carrier in Olden Time, 258

---- in 1756, State of, 147

London Resorts a Hundred Years Ago, 197

Longevity, 269

Long Meg and her Daughters, 394

Lord Mayor's Feast in 1663, 551

Lotteries, 619

Louis XVI., Execution of, 258

Luther's (Martin) Tankard, 149

Luxury in 1562, 418

Lynch's Castle, Galway, 581

Mackarel, Price of, 576

Madness, Sudden Recovery from, 168

Madyn, the Capital of Persia, Magnificence of,
when invaded by the Saracens A.D. 636, 554

Magic Rain Stone, 168

Magician's Mirror and Bracelet, 344

Magnet, The Summers' or Loadstone, 41

Magnificence of Former Times, 111

Magpie Stoning a Toad, 92

Mahomet, Personal Appearance of, 571

Mail, Ancient suit of, 483

Malady, Extraordinary, 670

Mandrin, the Smuggler, 167

Manners, Ancient, of the Italian, 585

Man without Hands, 77

Manufacture, One of the Effects of, 142

Marat, Funeral of, 375

Marriage Custom, Curious, 543

---- Lottery, 91

---- Vow, 419

Mary, Queen of Scots, her First Letter to English, 370

Mary Queen of Scots, her Candlestick, 436

Maternal Affection in a Dumb Woman, 140

May-pole in the Strand, 534

---- Fate of the Last, in the Strand, 682

May-poles, 100

Mecca, The Black Stone at, 550

Medmenham Abbey, 429

Memento-Mori Watch, 285

Mental Affection, A Curious, 335

Merman, A, 16

Mexican Tennis, 375

Michaelmas-day, Origin of eating Goose on, 198

Military Hats in Olden Time, 75

Mill at Lissoy, 469

Miraculous Escape, 266

Misers, Two, 459

Missal, The Bedford, 163

Mob Wisdom, 294

Monasteries, Libraries of destroyed, 334

Monkeys Demanding their Dead, 415

Monkish Prayers, 383

Monks, Gluttony of the, 347

---- and Friars, 680

Monsey (Dr.) bequeaths his own Body, 93

Monsoons, 179

Monument, Rock-cut, of Asia Minor, 441

Monuments, Wayside, 587

Mosque of Omar, 316

Mother Mapp, the Bone Setter, 158

Mountains, Height of, 148

Mouth, Character of the, 106

M.P.'s and Mayors, Privateers, 176

Mulgrave, Origin of the House of, 602

Mullet and Turbot, with the Romans, 488

Mummy Cases, 409

Murderess, a Young but Cruel, 392

Music, Effect of, on a Pigeon, 64

---- of the Hindoos, 683

---- ---- ---- Sea, 351

Musical Instrument, A Curious, 628

Musical Instruments, Burmese, 629

---- ---- Egyptian, 404

Names, Strange Custom about, 295

Naora, The, 635

Narrow Escape, 121

Nature, Wonderful Provision of, 55

Nebuchadnezzar, Gold Mask of, 105

Necklace, Ancient Jet, 529

Negro, Bill of Sale for a, in 1770, 39

Nell Gwynne's Looking-Glass, 237

Never Sleeping in a Bed, 331

Newspapers, Vacillating, 514

New South Wales, Dances of the Natives of, 225

Newton, A Visit to the Observatory of, 10

New Zealand, The Wingless Bird of, 307

Norman Caps, 44

North American Indian War Dispatch, 45

Nose, Effect of a New, 102

Nostrums, 63

Nun, The First English, 330

Nut Crackers, Ancient, 236

Oaks, Extraordinary, 310, 426, 466, 455

---- Remarkable, 405

Old Age, Dying of, at Seventeen Years, 47

Old Books, 360

Old London Signs, 118

Opera, The First, 567

Opium, Best Position for Smoking, 675

Oraefa Mountain, in Ireland, 356

Ornaments, Personal Antique, 293, 400, 447, 452

Orthography in the Sixteenth Century, 17

Pagoda, The Great Shoemadoo, 572

Pailoos, Chinese, 625

Panama, Isthmus of, Passage through, 148

Paper, 619

Papyrus, The, 82

Parental Authority, Too Much, 513

Paris Garden at Blackfriars, 465

Parlour Dogs, 320

Passport, A Traveller's, 679

Pastimes, Popular, 514

Pates de Foies Gras, 142

Peacocks, 366

Pear-Tree, Great, 454

Pearls, British, 363

---- Fondness of the Romans for, 208

Pedestrian Feat, Wonderful, 327

Peg Tankards, 43

Penn, Tea Service which belonged to, 201

Penny Post, Origin of the, 47

Pennsylvania Journal, 63

Perfumes, 253

Persecution, 430

---- in the Reign of Queen Mary, 587

Perseverance rewarded by Fortune, 287

Persia, Drinking Bouts in, 547

Personal Charms Disclaimed, 118

Peru, Condor in, 170

Peruvian Bark, 51

Pest-house, during the Plague, in Tothill Fields, 573

Pestilence, The Black, 402

Peter the Great at Zaandam, 544

Physic, A Friend to, 267

Physick for the Poor, Choice Receipts for, 117

Pigeon Catching near Naples, 437

Pig, Roast, Advertisement of, in 1726, 46

Pike, An Old, 667

Pilgrim Fathers, Chair belonging to, 186

Pillory for Eating Flesh in Lent, 68

Plague in England, The, 183

---- Corpse Bearers during the, 283

Plantagenets, Yellow Hair in the Time, 103

Plate, Use of, in the time of Henry VIII., 523

Platypus, the Duck-billed, 273

Playbill, Curious, 227

---- in the time of William III., 530

Ploughing and Threshing, Ancient, 66

Poets, English, Fates of the Families of, 471

Pogonias Vocal Fish, 478

Poison Cup, The, 485

Poisoning the Monarch, 12

Police, London, Disgraceful State of, 193

Pont du Gard, Great Aqueduct of, 312

Pope's Chair, 577

Porcelain, Anecdote in, 517

Port Coon Cave, 516

Poet Haste One Hundred Years ago, 182

"Postman," The, Paragraph from, in 1697, 219

Pottery in China, Art of, 321

Powerscourt Fall, Phenomenon at the, 304

Prayers, Unusual Locality for Saying, 171

Praying by Machinery, 314

---- by Wheel and Axle, 539

Pre-Adamite Bone Caverns, 199

Precocious Children, 64

Presence of Mind--Escape from a Tiger, 330

Priests in Burmah, Knavery of the, 266

---- of Sikkim, 663

Prince of Wales, Origin of the Crest of the, 115

Prince Rupert, at Everton, 291

Prolific Author, 320

Proteus Anguinus, The, 152

Psalm, Value of a Long, 512

Pterodactylus, The, 360

Pulpit, Refreshments for the, 262

Punishing by Wholesale, 680

Punishment, Ancient Instrument of, 680

---- Russian, 654

---- and Torture, Ancient Instruments of, 58, 88

Puritan Zeal, 579

Purple, Tyrian, 643

Quackery in the Olden Time, 671

Queen Elizabeth, Banquets of, 414

---- ---- Dresses of, 501

---- ---- Old Verses on, 204

---- ---- saddle of, 340

---- ---- State Coach of, 128

---- ----'s Laws, 151

Raffaelle, Tomb of, 568

Raffle, A, in 1725, 47

Raleigh, Sir Walter, Residence of, 160

Ranelagh, 204

Ranz des Vaches, 173

Rats, Destructive Force of, 463

Ravilliac, Execution of, 132

Receipts, Quaint, 153

Red Sea, Luminous Appearance of the, 454

Regiments, The Modern Names of, 639

Reichstadt, The Duke de, 435

Relics, 393

---- A Group of, 261

---- Rescued, 618

Remarkable Events and Inventions, 145

Revenge, New Mode of, 423

Rheumatism, Strange Cure for the, 201

Rhinoceros, First in Europe, 655

Richardson, the Showman, 251

Ringing the Changes, 192

Rings, Calcinated, 408

Rites, Hindoo, Cruelty of, 627

Roads in 1780, 327

Rock of Cashel, 352

Romans in Britain, Dress of Native Females at that Period, 86

Rouen, The Great Bell of, 650

Royal Touch, The, 42

Royal Giants, Specimens of, 121

---- Prisoner, Expenses of, 260

Sack Pot, Old English, 521

Sacro Catino, The, 608

Sadler's Wells, 112

Saint George, Tomb of, 281

Saint Lawrence, 464

Salagram, Hindoo Adoration of the, 589

Sand Columns in Africa, 610

Sandwiches, Origin of the, 563

Sardonyx Ring, with Cameo Head of Queen Elizabeth,
in the possession of Rev. Lord Thynne, 373

Scape Goat, Camel as a, 190

Sceptre, Ivory, of Louis XII., 476

School, Chinese, 525

School Expenses in the Olden Time, 427

Science and Perseverance, Triumphs of, 123

Scottish Wild Cattle, 278

Scriptural Antiquities, 215

Sea, Phosphorescence of the, 418

Sea Serpent, Immense, 42

Sea-Urchin, Wonderful Construction of, 475

Second Sight, 65

Seeing Two Generations, 211

Self-Nourishment, 315

Selkirk and the Dancing Goats, 22

Sepulchral Vase from Peru, 320

Sermons, Anecdotes in, 147

Serpent, Anecdote of a, 85

Seven, The Number, 354

Sevres Porcelain, Prices of, 487

Sex, Change of, 189

"Sforza," Origin of the Title, 554

Shakspeare's Jug, 575

Sham Prophets, 319

Sharks, The Queen's, 203

Sheba, The Queen of, 518

Sheep Killer, Hunting a, 268

Shell Fish, in 1675, Price of, 178

Shetland, The Noss in, 324

Shield, Ancient Danish, 420

Shilling, Cutting a Wife off with a, 359

Shocking Depravity, 117

Shoes, Long-toed, Origin of, 646

Shrine, Curious Figures on a, 202

Shrine of St. Sebald at Nuremberg, 271

Simoom, The, 662

Skin, Human, a Drum made of, 398

Slave Advertisements, 25

Slave Trade, Iniquities of the, 175

Slaves, Recent Prices of, 435

Sleep, Protracted, 483

---- State of the Mind during, 350

Sleeper, An Extraordinary, 28

Smoking, Attachment to, 322

Snake Charmers, 299

Snakes, Power of Fascination in, 64

Snow Storm, Memorable, 327

Snuff Boxes, Ancient, 209

Snuff, Time Wasted in taking, 512

Something like a Feast, 129

Somnambulism, 72

Sound, Phenomena of, 367

Southcottian Delusion, A Phase of the, 230

South-stack Lighthouse, 239

Spain, Wealth of, under the Moors, 235

Spider, Bite of the Tarantula, 13

Spiders Fond of Music, 157

Spirit Drinker, An Aged, 228

Spontaneous Combustion, 431

Sports of the Lower Classes, 155

Sportsman, A Royal, 443

Springs, Intermittent, 455

Stage Coach in 1760, 155

Stag-Hunt in the 16th Century, 511

Stags like Cattle, Driving, 208

Stamps, Antique Roman, 448, 643

Standards, Ancient Banner and, 396, 583

State Coach in 1796, 156

Statue, Metal, the Largest in the World, 454

Steam boat, Facsimile of the First, 301

Stevens's Specific, 50

St. George's Cavern, 421

St. James's Square, 123

St. Paul's, Old, 162

St. Paul and the Viper, 125

St. Winifred's Well, 303

Sticks, Old Walking, 387

Stirrups, 571

Stomach Brush, 55

Stoneware, 649

Strasburg, Curious Custom at, 185

Strength, Feats of, in 1789, 9

Street Cries of Modern Egypt, 401

Stuff Ball at Lincoln, Origin of the, 49

Sultan, City of the, 103

Sun and Moon, Worship of the, 81

Superstition in 1856, 538

---- Curious, 424

---- Death caused by, 124

---- in France, 519

---- Vitality of, 474

Sweating Sickness, 110

Sweets, Artificial, 579

Sword, Curious Antique, 596

---- Executioner's, 340

---- The Hawthornden, 353

---- The Seton, 356

---- Fish and Whales, 565

Sword-Breaker, An Ancient, 672

Taking a Man to Pieces, 79

Tapestry, The Bayeux, 642

Tar and Feather, Notices to, 38

Taxation, Universality of, 318

Tea, 94

Tea-Drinkers, The First, Puzzled, 532

Teapot, The, 482

Temple of Pou-tou, The, 673

---- at Simonbong, 620

Temples of Brambanam, 442

Terrier, Anecdote of a, 358

Thames, Frost Fair on the, 106

---- The First Bridge over the, 428

Thanksgiving Day in 1697, 527

Theatre, Roman, at Orange, 366

Theatres in the Time of Shakespeare, 597

The First Hermits--Why so Called, 125

The Ruling Passion, 32, 188

Theodora de Verdion, 207

Thief Caught in his own Trap, The, 77

---- Singular Discovery of a, 115

Thugs, The, 574

Tiger Cave at Cuttack, 361

Tilbury Fort, 189

Time, Division of, in Persia, 633

Tobacco, Origin of the Use of, 57

Toilet, Absurdities of the, 536

---- Boxes, Egyptian, 381

Tomb, Chinese, 508

---- of Caecilia Metella, 477

---- of Darius, 560

Tomb of the Emperor Maximilian at Inspruck, 590

"Too Late," quoth Boice, 489

Tope, the Sanchi, 389

Topers, Georgians as, 511

Toping in the Last Century, 314

Torture, 639

---- Chamber at Nuremberg, 615

Tower of the Thundering Winds, 93

Trajan, Arch of, at Beneventum, 112

Trance, A, 354

---- at Will, 462

Trap-door Spider, 383

Travelling, Common, 220

---- in Olden Times, 108,162

---- in the United States, 208

Treaty-Stone at Limerick, 563

Tree, Extraordinary Situation for a, 313

Trees, Age of, 521

---- that Grow Shirts, 62

Tripod, Ancient, 549

Trivial Circumstances, A Great Result from, 605

Tumbrel, The, 2

Tunisians, Ingenuity of the, 652

Turban, The, in Arabia, 618

Turkish Mode of Reparation, 326

Twin-Worm, Extraordinary Formation of the, 136

Types, the Invention of, 152

Umbrella, Anglo-Saxon, 624

Upas Tree, 123

Useful and the Beautiful, 647

Vampire, The Blood-sucking, 417

Varnish-Tree of the Japanese, 615

Vases, Ancient, 337

---- Greek, 169

---- Greek, Prices of, 385

---- Roman, in Black Ware, 373

---- Sepulchral, of Greek Pottery, 616

---- Sepulchral, of Ancient Egypt, 607

---- Teutonic, Hut-shaped, 580

Vauxhall, 380

Venetians, The, 428

Vengeance, Novel Mode of taking, 586

Ventriloquist, a Female, 62

Vesuvius, Crater of, in 1829, 165

Vinegar on the Skin, Effect of, 115

Vishnu, Incarnations of, 645

Volcanic Eruption in Japan, 601

Volcano of Jurullo, Formation of the, 163

Volition, Suspended, 199

Voltaire, English Letter of, 422

Vow, Singular Hindoo, 658

Wagers, Curious, 373

Walking-Sticks, Old, 387

Wall, Governor, Execution of, 154

Wallace, the Hero of Scotland, 99

War Boat, A Dyak, in Borneo, 540

---- Dance of the Dyaks of Borneo, 540

---- Chariot of Ancient Egypt, 365

Warwick, the King-Maker, 527

Washing Account, Method of Keeping, 3

Washington, 583

Watch, An Antique, 368

---- presented by Louis XIII. to Charles I. of England, 640

Watches, the First in England, 515

Water for Old London, Supply of, 282

---- Preservative Power of Coal-pit, 25

---- Supply of, for London, in Olden Times, 546

---- Snakes, Battle of, 470

"We hae been", 47

Weapon, Ancient, 660

---- A Poison, 672

Weaver-Bird, The Sociable, 440

Wedding, A, A Hundred Years Ago, 640

Weight, Reducing, 85

Whipping Prisoners, 175

Whitehall, Ceiling of, 121

Whitsuntide, at Durham Cathedral, 8

Why a Man Measures more in the Morning than in the Evening, 75

Wife, Diving for a, 479

Wigs, 17, 31

Will, Eccentric, 209

William the Conqueror, Courtship of, 555

Willow, Weeping, Introduction of the, 148

Wind Mills, The First, 577

Witch-Testing, at Newcastle, in 1649, 21

Wolves in England, 441

Woman, The Hairy, of Burmah, 677

Woman's Cleverness, 260

Women of England, The, 159

---- in Former Times, 127

Wonderful Escape, 215, 300

Wren's (Sir Christopher) Cost of Churches, 171

---- ---- ---- Report, 183

Writing Materials, 481

Writings, Terra Cotta, 466

Yorkshire Tike, The, 24

Yorkshire in the Last Century, 283

TEN THOUSAND WONDERFUL THINGS.

PUNISHMENTS IN PROVINCIAL TOWNS IN THE OLDEN TIME.

The instruments most in vogue with our ancestors were three--the cucking-stool, the brank, and the tumbrel.

The Cucking-stool was used by the pond in many village greens about one hundred years ago or little more, and then deemed the best corrective of a scolding woman.

By the sea, the quay offered a convenient spot. The barbican, at Plymouth, was a locality, doubtless terrible to offenders, however careless of committing their wordy nuisance of scolding. Two pounds were paid for a cucking-stool at Leicester in 1768. Since that it has been placed at the door of a notorious scold as a warning. Upon admission to the House of Correction at Liverpool, a woman had to undergo the severity of the cucking-stool till a little before the year 1803, when Mr. James Neild wrote to Dr. Lettsom. The pump in the men's court was the whipping-post for females, which discipline continued, though not weekly.

_Kingston-upon-Thames._ _s._ _d._

1572, The making of the cucking-stool 8 0
Iron work for the same 3 0
Timber for the same 7 6
Three brasses for the same, and three wheels 4 10
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L1 3 4

At Marlborough, in 1625, a man had 4_d._ for his help at the
cucking of Joan Neal.

_Gravesend._

1636, The porters for ducking of Goodwife Campion 2 0
Two porters for laying up the ducking-stool 0 8

The Brank, for taming shrews, was preferred to the cucking-stool in some counties, and was used there for the same purpose. The brank was in favour in the northern counties, and in Worcestershire, though there were, notwithstanding, some of the other instruments of punishment used, called in that county gum-stools.

The brank was put over the head, and was fastened with a padlock. There are entries at Worcester about mending the "scould's bridle and cords for the same."

The cucking-stool not only endangered the health of the party, but also gave the tongue liberty 'twixt every dip. The brank was put over the head, and was fastened with a padlock.

The tumbrel was a low-rolling cart or carriage (in law Latin, _tumberella_) which was used as a punishment of disgrace and infamy. Millers, when they stole corn, were chastised by the tumbrel. Persons were sometimes fastened with an iron chain to a tumbrel, and conveyed bareheaded with din and cry through the principal streets of towns.

_Court of Hustings Book, 1581._ (_Lyme._)

"The jury present that the tumbrel be repaired and maintained from time to time, according to the statute."

In 1583, Mr. Mayor was to provide a tumbrel before All Saints Day, under a penalty of 10_s._

ANCIENT METHOD OF KEEPING A WASHING ACCOUNT.

Shakerley Marmion, in his "Antiquary," says:--

"I must rev'rence and prefer the precedent
Times before these, which consum'd their wits in
Experiments; and 'twas a virtuous
Emulation amongst them, that nothing
Which, might profit posterity should perish."

Washing Tablet.]

Without a full adherence to this dictum, we would nevertheless admit that we are indebted to the past for the germ of many of our most important discoveries. The ancient washing tablet, although of humble pretensions to notice, is yet a proof of the simple and effective means frequently adopted in olden times for the economy of time and materials.

A reference to the engraving obviates a lengthened explanation. It will there be seen that if the mistress of a family has fifteen _pillow-covers, or so many collars, or so many bands_, to be mentioned in the washing account, she can turn the circular dial, by means of the button or handle, to the number corresponding with the rough mark at the bottom of the dial, above which is written _sheets_, _table-cloths_, &c. This simple and ingenious contrivance, obviates the necessity of keeping a book.

The original "washing board," from which the engraving is taken, was of a larger size, and showed the numbers very distinctly. Similar dials may be made of either ivory or metal.

THE HAIR.

The quality and colour of the hair was a subject of speculative theory for the ancients. Lank hair was considered indicative of pusillanimity and cowardice; yet the head of Napoleon was guiltless of a curl! Frizzly hair was thought an indication of coarseness and clumsiness. The hair most in esteem, was that terminating in ringlets. Dares, the historian, states that Achilles and Ajax Telamon had curling locks; such also was the hair of Timon, the Athenian. As to the Emperor Augustus, nature had favoured him with such redundant locks, that no hair-dresser in Rome could produce the like. Auburn or light brown hair was thought the most distinguished, as portending intelligence, industry, a peaceful disposition, as well as great susceptibility to the tender passion. Castor and Pollux had brown hair; so also had Menelaus. Black hair does not appear to have been esteemed by the Romans; but red was an object of aversion. Ages before the time of Judas, red hair was thought a mark of reprobation, both in the case of Typhon, who deprived his brother of the sceptre of Egypt, and Nebuchadnezzar who acquired it in expiation of his atrocities. Even the donkey tribe suffered from this ill-omened visitation, according to the proverb of "wicked as a red ass." Asses of that colour were held in such detestation among the Copths, that every year they sacrificed one by hurling it from a high wall.

THE FIRST COFFEE HOUSE IN LONDON.

Coffee is a native of Arabia, supposed by some to have been the chief ingredient of the old Lacedemonian broth. The use of this berry was not known in England till the year 1657, at which time Mr. D. Edwards, a Turkey merchant, on his return from Smyrna to London, brought with him one Pasquet Rossee, a Greek of Ragusa, who was used to prepare this liquor for his master every morning, who, by the way, never wanted company. The merchant, therefore, in order to get rid of a crowd of visitants, ordered his Greek to open a coffee-house, which he did in St. Michael's Alley, in Cornhill. This was the first coffee-house opened in London.

EATING FOR A WAGER.

The handbill, of which the subjoined is a literal copy, was circulated by the keeper of the public-house at which the gluttony was to happen, as an attraction for all the neighbourhood to witness:--

"_Bromley in Kent_, July 14, 1726.--A strange eating worthy is to perform a Tryal of Skill on St. James's Day, which is the day of our _Fair_ for a wager of Five Guineas,--viz.: he is to eat four pounds of bacon, a bushel of French beans, with two pounds of butter, a quartern loaf, and to drink a gallon of strong beer!"

FOX KILLED BY A SWAN.

At Peusey, a swan sitting on her eggs, on one side of the river, observed a fox swimming towards her from the opposite side; rightly judging she could best grapple with the fox in her own element, she plunged into the water, and after beating him off for some time with her wings, at length succeeded in drowning him.

HIGHWAYMEN IN 1782.

On Wednesday, the 9th January, 1782, about four o'clock in the afternoon, as Anthony Todd, Esq., Secretary to the Post-office, was going in his carriage to his house at Walthamstow to dinner, and another gentleman with him, he was stopt within a small distance of his house by two highwaymen, one of whom held a pistol to the coachman's breast, whilst the other, with a handkerchief over his face, robbed Mr. Todd and the gentleman of their gold watches and what money they had about them. As soon as Mr. Todd got home all his men-servants were mounted on horses, and pursued the highwaymen; they got intelligence of their passing Lee-bridge, and rode on to Shoreditch; but could not learn anything farther of them.

The same evening a gentleman going along Aldermanbury, near the church, was accosted by a man with an enquiry as to the time; on which the gentleman pulled out his gold watch. The man immediately said, "I must have that watch and your money, sir, so don't make a noise." The gentleman seeing nobody near, he delivered his gold watch and four guineas, with some silver. The thief said he was in distress, and hoped the gentleman would not take away his life if ever he had the opportunity.

Sunday, the 13th January, 1782, about twelve o'clock, a man was, by force, dragged up the yard of the French-Horn Inn, High Holborn, by some person or persons unknown, and robbed of his watch, four guineas, and some silver; when they broke his arm and otherwise cruelly treated him. He was found by a coachman, who took him to the hospital.

AN ARCHBISHOP WASHING THE FEET OF THE POOR.

In the _Gentleman's Magazine_, we find the following observance:--_Thursday, April 15, 1731_.--Being Maunday-Thursday, there was distributed at the Banquetting-house, Whitehall, to forty-eight poor men, and forty-eight poor women (the King's age 48) boiled beef and shoulders of mutton, and small bowls of ale, which is called dinner; after that, large wooden platters of fish and loaves, viz., undress'd, one large old ling, and one large dry'd cod; twelve red herrings, and nineteen white herrings, and four half quartern loaves; each person had one platter of this provision: after which was distributed to them shoes, stockings, linnen and woolen cloath, and leathern bags, with one penny, two penny, three penny, and four penny pieces of silver, and shillings: to each about L4 in value. His Grace the Lord Archbishop of York, Lord High Almoner, performed the annual ceremony of washing the feet of a certain number of poor in the Royal Chapel, Whitehall, which was formerly done by the Kings themselves, in imitation of our Saviour's pattern of humility, &c. James II. was the last King who performed this in person. His doing so was thus recorded in the _Chapel Royal Register_.--"On Maunday Thursday April 16 1685 our gracious King James y{e} 2{d} wash'd wip'd and kiss'd the feet of 52 poor men w{th} wonderful humility. And all the service of the Church of England usuall on that occasion was performed, his Maty being psent all the time."

A LUCKY FIND.

_Sunday, April 1._--A few days ago, Sir Simon Stuart, of Hartley, in Hampshire, looking over some old writings, found on the back of one of them a memorandum noting that 1,500 broad pieces were buried in a certain spot in an adjoyning field. Whereupon he took a servant, and after digging a little in the place, found the treasure in a pot, hid there in the time of the late civil wars, by his grandfather, Sir Nicholas Stuart.--_Gentleman's Magazine_, 1733.

HOOPS IN 1740.

Ladies Hoops in 1740.]