Chapter V

I. Dancing, Tumbling, and Balancing, part of the Joculator's
Profession--II. Performed by Women--III. Dancing connected
with Tumbling--IV. Antiquity of Tumbling--much encouraged--V.
Various Dances described--VI. The Gleemen's Dances--VII.
Exemplification of Gleemen's Dances--VIII. The Sword Dance--IX.
Rope Dancing and wonderful Performances on the Rope--X.
Rope Dancing from the Battlements of St. Paul's--XI. Rope
Dancing from St. Paul's Steeple--XII. Rope Dancing from All
Saints' Church, Hertford--XIII. A Dutchman's Feats on St.
Paul's Weathercock--XIV. Jacob Hall the Rope Dancer--XV.
Modern celebrated Rope Dancing--XVI. Rope Dancing at Sadler's
Wells--XVII. Fool's Dance--XVIII. Morris Dance--XIX. Egg
Dance--XX. Ladder Dance--XXI. Jocular Dances--XXII. Wire
Dancing--XXIII. Ballette Dances--XXIV. Leaping and Vaulting--XXV.
Balancing--XXVI. Remarkable Feats--XXVII. The Posture-Master's
Tricks--XXVIII. The Mountebank--XXIX. The Tinker--XXX. The
Fire-Eater 207

CHAPTER VI.

I. Animals, how tutored by the Jugglers--Tricks performed by
Bears--II. Tricks performed by Apes and Monkeys--III. By Horses
among the Sybarites--IV. In the thirteenth Century--V. In Queen
Anne's Reign--VI. Origin of the Exhibitions at Astley's, the
Circus, &c.--VII. Dancing Dogs--VIII. The Hare beating a Tabor,
and learned Pig--IX. A Dancing Cock--The Deserter Bird--X.
Imitations of Animals--XI. Mummings and Masquerades--XII.
Mumming to Royal Personages--XIII. Partial Imitations of
Animals--XIV. The Horse in the Morris dance--XV. Counterfeit
Voices of Animals--XVI. Animals trained for Baiting--XVII. Paris
Garden--XVIII. Bull and Bear Baiting patronised by Royalty--XIX.
How performed--XX. Bears and Bear-wards--XXI. Baiting in
Queen Anne's time--XXII. Sword Play. &c.--XXIII. Public
Sword Play--XXIV. Quarter Staff--XXV. Wrestling, &c. in Bear
Gardens--XXVI. Extraordinary Trial of Strength 239

CHAPTER VII.

I. Ancient Specimens of Bowling--Poem on Bowling--II.
Bowling-greens first made by the English--III.
Bowling-alleys--IV. Long-bowling--V. Supposed Origin of
Billiards--VI. Kayles--VII. Closh--VIII. Loggats--IX.
Nine-pins--Skittles--X. Dutch-pins--XI. Four-corners--XII.
Half-bowl--XIII. Nine-holes--XIV. John Bull--XV. Pitch and
Hustle--XVI. Bull-baiting in Towns and Villages--XVII.
Bull-running--At Stamford, &c.--XVIII. At Tutbury--XIX.
Badger-baiting--XX. Cock-fighting--XXI. Throwing at Cocks--XXII.
Duck-hunting--XXIII. Squirrel-hunting--XXIV. Rabbit-hunting 266

BOOK IV.

DOMESTIC AMUSEMENTS OF VARIOUS KINDS; AND PASTIMES
APPROPRIATED TO PARTICULAR SEASONS.

CHAPTER I.

I. Secular Music fashionable--II. Ballad-singers encouraged
by the Populace--III. Music Houses--IV. Origin of
Vauxhall--V. Ranelagh--VI. Sadler's Wells--VII. Marybone
Gardens--Operas--Oratorios--VIII. Bell-ringing--IX. Its
Antiquity--X. Hand-bells--XI. Burlesque Music--XII.
Dancing--XIII. Its Antiquity, &c.--XIV. Shovel-board--XV.
Anecdote of Prince Henry--XVI. Billiards--XVII.
Mississippi--XVIII. The Rocks of Scilly--XIX. Shove-groat--XX.
Swinging--XXI. Tetter-totter--XXII. Shuttle-cock 286

CHAPTER II.

I. Sedentary Games--II. Dice-playing;--Its Prevalency and
Bad Effects--III. Ancient Dice-box;--Anecdote relating to
false Dice--IV. Chess;--Its Antiquity--V. The Morals of
Chess--VI. Early Chess-play in France and England--VII. The
Chess-board--VIII. The Pieces, and their Form--IX. The various
Games of Chess--X. Ancient Games similar to Chess--XI. The
Philosopher's Game--XII. Draughts, French and Polish--XIII.
Merelles, or Nine Mens' Morris--XIV. Fox and Geese--XV. The
Solitary Game--XVI. Backgammon, anciently called Tables;--The
different Manners of playing at Tables--XVII. Backgammon, its
former and present Estimation--XVIII. Domino--XIX. Cards, when
invented--XX. Card-playing much practised--XXI. Forbidden--XXII.
Censured by Poets--XXIII. A Specimen of ancient Cards--XXIV.
Games formerly played with Cards--XXV. The Game of Goose--and of
the Snake--XXVI. Cross and Pile 305