122. From this inn in Aldermanbury a regular service of stage wagons travelled from London to Liverpool. 123. Alludes to an old custom of butcher boys serenading newly-married couples. 124. Though classified here, is generally reckoned to be a corruption of Bacchanals. 125. Becket. An implement for digging peat. 126. Sprocket. Used in the Fen country. Both these inns are near Ely. 128. This house displays a gigantic pair of shears as a sign. 129. This inn has a pictorial sign showing the weapon, half axe, half spear. 130. This inn stands on the site of the stake where the Lollards perished. 131. Supposed to commemorate a soldier buried in Winchester who died of drinking small beer. 132. Grab was the slang term used in India to denote a foot-soldier. 133. Larwood states that Bugle is the local name in the Isle of Wight for a wild bull, and is used as such by a writer of 1688. _Cf._ French--beugler--to low. 134. A musical horn. (Nuttall.) 135. Refers to the Plimsoll Mark, invented by Samuel Plimsoll, 1824-1898. 136. This sign commemorates Sir Philip Broke's victory. The family seat is quite near. 137. Larwood states that this sign has been changed from that of Joe Grimaldi. 138. Caulk or Calk. To stuff the seams of a ship with oakum. 139. The One Tun near Hungerford Market is mentioned in a newspaper of 1718. 140. Larwood mentioned this sign as depicting John Wilkes, John Horne Tooke, and Sir John Glynn. 141. Commemorates the two Lords Balmerino and Kilmarnock, executed for their share in the rebellion of 1745. Lord Nithsdale escaped, disguised as a woman. 142. Shows two grinning faces and underneath is written We Three Loggerheads be and the observer is the third of the trio. 143. Also Five Alls. 144. A print by Kay shows Dr. Hunter, a Scotch divine--I pray for all; Erskine the Lawyer--I plead for all; A Farmer--I maintain all; H.M. George III--I fight for all; The Devil--I take all. 145. Larwood mentions this inn. 146. Probably used as a change from Seven Stars. 147. Refers to the Cornish arms, fifteen roundles. 148. Immortalized by Sam Weller. The hero of Minden. 149. 1738-1805. Twice Governor-General of India. 150. Afterwards Lord Heathfield, Defender of Gibraltar. 151. Abbreviated from Charles Bathurst who developed the adjoining lead mines. 152. 1820-1887. The Swedish prima donna who married Mr. Goldschmidt. 153. Alias Winchcombe--a renowned clothier who equipped at his own expense 100 men to fight at Flodden, 1523. 154. Stands at a ~Y~-shaped corner, vulgarly called a 'Flat Iron.' 155. Represented as Headless. Larwood suggests a corruption of heedless. _Cf._ the virgins in the parable. 156, 157. Taken from Hogarth's print. Both this and the following inn have pictorial signs. 158. This sign is probably unique and has a painted picture. Many of these lackeys were Irish and had St. Patrick's Day as a holiday. 159. A native of Hull. A friend of Milton and confidant of Cromwell, 1620-1678.