A capital specimen of such a sign, though unfortunately in bad condition, is at the Guildhall Museum--presented by Mr. W. Hayward, C.E. It came from a house--81, Snow Hill--which had formed part of a famous old galleried inn. Snow Hill was the thoroughfare between Holborn and the City, till in 1802 it was superseded by Skinner Street, named after Alderman Skinner, which has now in its turn ceased to exist. Snow Hill is called in Stow’s ‘Survey’ Snor or Snore Hill, and by Howell Sore Hill, perhaps from the steepness and difficulty of the ascent. Strype, in 1720, speaks of the George Inn as ‘very large and of a considerable trade, the passage to the yard being through Cow Lane.’ In Sampson’s ‘History of Advertising,’ an advertisement is given from the _British Chronicle_ of January 18 to 20, 1762, which informs us that THE READING MACHINE Is removed from the Three Kings, Piccadilly, to the George Inn, Snow Hill, London; sets out from the Broad Face,[6] Reading, every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at seven o’clock in the morning, and from the George Inn, Snow Hill, every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at seven o’clock in the morning; carries passengers to And from Reading, at 6s. each; children in lap and outside passengers at 3s. Performed by {Thomas Moore and {Richard Mapleton. N.B.--Takes no charge of Writings, Money, Watches, or Jewels, unless entered and paid for as such. A second representation of the subject of the George and Dragon was formerly to be seen on Bennet Hill, opposite the Heralds’ College, and stood over the entrance to a small court, to which it gave a name. On it were the initials P R M, and date 1667. In ‘Remarks on London,’ by W. Stow, 1722, mention is made of ‘George Court, against the Heralds’ Office at Paul’s Chain.’ The ‘Constitutions of the Order of the Garter’ (c. iii.) ordain that ‘the Sovereign shall put upon his (the knight elect’s) neck a collar, or little chain or lace, having pendant therefrom a massive golden image of an armed knight (_i.e._, St. George) sitting on horseback.’