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CAP-ING A PROCTOR, OR OXFORD BULL-DOGS DETECTING BRAZENNOSE SMUGGLERS. 152 Tom Echo and Horace Eglantine lowering the plate-basket, after the College-gates are closed, to obtain a supply of fresh provision, are detected by the Proctor and Town Marshal with their Bull-Dogs: in their alarm the basket and its contents are suddenly let fall upon the Proctor, who is not able to under- stand the joke.