where, strictly speaking, there are not above half-a-dozen, including
the manor-house and rectory, the remainder being mere cottages; and yet
the parish is a rich one. It is singular, that among the peasantry are
to be found the names of Montague, Bedford, Salisbury, Mortimer, and
Holland, while the cognomens of those who inhabit the houses may be
nearly comprised in as many syllables.

In the adjoining village of Stoke is the seat of Sir William Rowley, and
detached from it a street, called Thirteen Kings'-street, where,
according to local tradition, thirteen kings once met. In the same
parish is Scotland-hall, and another detached street, called
Scotland-street, containing some five or six cottages; and half a mile
from thence is a hilly field, of a dark clayey soil, occasioned, says
tradition, by the flowing of blood down the hill, during a terrible
battle fought there between the Scots and English.

ZETA.

[10] Black orvones.

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CONUNDRUM.


Why is the gravy of a leg of pork the best gravy in the world? Because
there's no Jews like it.--_John Bull_.

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