without the sense of connection.''[3]


[3] Southey's _Omniana_, vol. i., p. 220.



Bulls are usually associated with the
Irish, but most other nations are quite
capable of making them, and Swift is said
to have intended to write an essay on
English bulls and blunders. Sir Thomas
Trevor, a Baron of the Exchequer 1625-49,
when presiding at the Bury Assizes, had a
cause about wintering of cattle before him.
He thought the charge immoderate, and
said, ``Why, friend, this is most unreasonable;
I wonder thou art not ashamed, for
I myself have known a beast wintered one
whole summer for a noble.'' The man at

once, with ready wit, cried, ``That was a
_bull_, my lord.'' Whereat the company
was highly amused.[4]


[4] Thoms, _Anecdotes and Traditions_, 1839, p
79