CHAPTER VII.

I. Ancient Specimens of Bowling--Poem on Bowling--II. Bowling-greens first made by the English--III. Bowling-alleys--IV. Long-bowling--V. Supposed Origin of Billiards--VI. Kayles--VII. Closh--VIII. Loggats--IX. Nine-pins--Skittles--X. Dutch-pins--XI. Four-corners--XII. Half-bowl--XIII. Nine-holes--XIV. John Bull--XV. Pitch and Hustle--XVI. Bull-baiting in Towns and Villages--XVII. Bull-running--At Stamford, &c.--XVIII. At Tutbury--XIX. Badger-baiting--XX. Cock-fighting--XXI. Throwing at Cocks--XXII. Duck-hunting--XXIII. Squirrel-hunting--XXIV. Rabbit-hunting 266

BOOK IV.

DOMESTIC AMUSEMENTS OF VARIOUS KINDS; AND PASTIMES APPROPRIATED TO PARTICULAR SEASONS.