There was a curious entertainment that lasted nearly the whole of Anne's reign; of which the first notice I can find is in the _Daily Courant_, November 27, 1704. By degrees Clench enlarged his _répertoire_ until he did all described in the accompanying handbill. 'These are to give Notice to all _Gentlemen_, _Ladies_ and _Others_, that Mr. _Clench_ of _Barnet_ who imitates the _Horn_, _Huntsman_ and _Pack of Hounds_, the _Sham Doctor_, _Old Woman_, _Drunken Man_, the _Bells_, _Flute_, _Double Curtell_,[353] the _Organ with three Voices_, by his own _Natural Voice_, to the greatest Perfection; (being the only man that ever could Attain to so great an Art,) will perform,' etc. Clinch is mentioned in the _Tatler_ (No. 51): 'A good company of us were this day to see, or rather to hear, an artful person do several feats of activity with his throat and windpipe. The first thing wherewith he presented us, was a ring of bells, which he imitated in a most miraculous manner; after that, he gave us all the different notes of a pack of hounds, to our great delight and astonishment.' Thoresby went to see him, and reports:[354] 'Evening to hear the memorable Mr. Clench, whose single voice, as he has learned to manage it, can admirably represent a number of persons, at sport and in hunting, and the very dogs and other animals, but none better than a quire of Choristers chanting an anthem, &c.' [Footnote 353: Sort of bassoon.] [Footnote 354: _Diary_, Jan. 14, 1709.] Waxwork figures have always been a popular exhibition, and then was living a Mrs. Salmon, whose fame was as great as Madame Tussaud's. Her handbills were curiosities in their way, but they are so long that one only can be transcribed. The Royal Off Spring: Or, the Maid's Tragedy Represented in Wax Work, with many Moving Figures and these Histories Following. King _Charles_ the First upon the Fatal Scaffold, attended by Dr. _Juxon_ the Bishop of _London_, and the Lieutenant of the _Tower_, with the Executioner and Guards waiting upon our Royal Martyr. The Royal Seraglio, or the Life and Death of _Mahomet_ the Third, with the Death of _Ireniæ_ Princess of _Persia_, and the fair Sultaness _Urania_. The Overthrow of Queen _Voaditia_, and the Tragical Death of her two Princely Daughters. The Palace of _Flora_ or the _Roman_ superstition. The Rites of _Moloch_, or the Unhumane Cruelty, with the manner of the _Canaanitish_ Ladies, Offering up their First-born Infants, in Sacrifice to that ugly Idol, in whose Belly was a burning Furnace, to destroy those Unhappy Children. _Margaret_ Countess of Heningberg, Lying on a Bed of State, with her Three hundred and Sixty-Five Children, all born at one Birth, and baptized by the Names of _Johns_ and _Elizabeths_, occasioned by the rash Wish of a poor beggar Woman. _Hermonia_ a _Roman_ Lady, whose Father offended the Emperor, was sentenced to be starved to Death, but was preserved by Sucking his Daughters Breast. Old Mother _Shipton_