Bandoleer, on baldric, 108 Bands, 44, =45= -- of barristers, 44 -- -- blue-coat boys, 44, =45= -- -- choristers at Jesus College, Cambridge, 45, =45= -- -- Jan Steen, 46, =46= -- -- John Pym, 46, =46= -- -- Milton, 46 -- -- small boys, 47, =47= -- -- the legal profession, 219 -- -- Winchester scholars, 169 -- on a lady's nightgown, 288, =289= -- worn with a black Geneva gown, 44, 185 Bantams, booted, 303 -- frizzled, 303 Baptism, vestments used at, 164 Barbarians wore trousers, 77, =78= Barge women, apron of, 150; Plate VIII facing page 150 -- -- costume of, 110 -- -- sun-bonnet of, 61; Plate VIII facing page 150 Barme-cloth (apron), 150 Barons of the Exchequer, robes of, 218 Barristers' bands, 44 -- gown, 218, =219= -- wigs, 132 Basquine, 325 Baton of drum-major, 241 -- -- Field-Marshal, 223 Beadle, dress of, 147, =264= -- in Punch and Judy, 147, 262, =264= Beads as currencies, 113 -- blue popo, worth their weight in gold, 113 -- early used in England, 112 -- from Egypt, 113 -- of the prehistoric Egyptians, 112 -- still fashionable, 112 _Beagle_, H.M.S., voyage of, 11 Beard of Edward II, 130 -- -- -- III, 129 Beards, closely shaved by Normans, 129 -- -- -- in Edward IV's time, 130 -- cut by Romans, 129 -- parted or trimmed by Saxons, 129 Bedford, Duchess of, riding habit of, 251 Bedgown, woman executed in a, 290 Beefeaters, cap of, 168 Bells as ornaments, derived from flowers, 314 Belt of groom, =140= -- -- -- origin of, 139 Belts, Dr. Cantlie on the use of, 356 -- worn by navvies, 329 Bernard, on blowing the nose on the chasuble, 195 Bhurtpore, battle of, 244 Bib, 150 -- of infant, 167 Bibliography, 363-7 Bigg, Mr. Heather, on the erect position of man, 330, 331 -- -- -- -- -- rapid loss of beauty in native girls, 328 -- -- -- -- -- use of stays, 326, 327 Billet, sign of the Crooked, 146 Binder of infant, 163 Biretta, evolution of, 213 Bishop, hat of, 214, =214= -- method of buttoning trousers, 252 -- rochet, chimere, and lawn sleeves of, 199 Black as mourning, 181 Bloomer, Mrs., 81, 356 -- -- dress of, 361 Bloomers, Dr. Bernard O'Connor on, 361 Blouse, blue, of the butcher, 307, 320 Blue blouse of butcher, 307, 320 -- coat boys, 167 -- -- -- bands of, 44, =45= -- favours, 307 Boadicea, dress of, 312 Boar, wild, spotted when young, 94 Bohemians, the King of the, wore no ostrich feathers, 91 Body, clothes used to alter the shape of, 337 Boiler cleaners, combination garments of, 320 Bone inserted into prehistoric skulls, 336 -- pin, 105 Boots, jack, 235 -- of bridegrooms removed by brides in Russia, 177 -- ornamentation of modern, 62, =63= -- top, 65, =65= -- -- upper parts now immovable, 66, =66= Borough Councillors, robes of, 138 Bouquets carried by coxswains on the Fourth of June at Eton, 171