160. Avalon--an old folk name for this district in Somerset. 161. Has a signboard showing John Gilpin on his famous ride. 162. A character in Don Quixote. (Dr. Brewer.) 163. The Pindar had charge of the village pound and looked after stray cattle. (Larwood.) 164. Hero of a ballad. 165. This inn existed in 1711. The sign commemorates the two twin brothers of that name born in a wood near Orleans. They were sons of Bellisant and nephews of King Pepin. (Dr. Brewer.) 166. Larwood mentioned this inn and states that the sign commemorates Christian IV., father-in-law of James I.--being so near Newgate the landlord was wealthy. 167. Macaulay, quoted by Larwood, mentioned that on all sides painters were touching up Admiral Vernon into K. of P. Frederick the Great, the hero of Rosbach. 168. The Czar Peter after his day's work resorted to a public-house in Great Tower Street, the sign was altered in his honour to the Czar of Muscovy Head. (Barrow's _Life of Peter the Great_.) 169. Dutch Graaf--_i.e._ Count. Probably Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange, popular in this country on account of his opposition to the Spaniards in the Netherlands. (Larwood.) 170. Smoker. This sign painted by Miss Leighton alludes to a racehorse the property of Lord de Tabley. 171. Ostler. Sometimes spelt Hostler, derived from French hostelier, hôtelier; has lost its original meaning of the 'landlord.' 172. This inn commemorates a famous foxhound, 1762, whose exploits are set forth on the sign board. 173. Larwood mentioned this a sign of some antiquity. A birdbolt was an ancient implement for shooting at birds. _Printed in England at_ THE BALLANTYNE PRESS SPOTTISWOODE, BALLANTYNE & CO. LTD. _Colchester, London & Eton_ End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Pubs, by Various