B., thatcher, 148.

Onomatopoeia, use of, 196, 256.

Omnicycle, 22, 61.

Orchards, 167, 168.

Overton fair, 49.

"Ox-droves," 157.

Pageants of the roads, 279.

Parochial horizon, 18, 19.

Peacocks, 253, 254.

Pear trees, 179, 180.

Peking, relief of, 104.

Pekingese, 267, 268, 269.

Perry, 179, 180.

Pershore, 37, 197.

Peruvian guano, 87.

Pheasants, 204, 255.

Philips, _Cyder_, 175.

Picker, a, 103.

"Pleaching," 59.

Ploughing, 38, 39, 213, 214.

Plumber's story, 45.

Plums, 182, 183, 184.

Pony, "Taffy," 270.

Poodle, 266.

"Popery," 20, 110.

Postman, 122.

Potatoes, 18;
disease, 222;
Myatt's ashleaf, origin, 54.

Poulton, Miss, 90.

Poultry, 164.

_Punch_ quoted, 19, 102.

Queen Victoria, 255.

Railway accident, 163;
sleepers, 204-205.

Randell, Mr. Charles, 81.

Randulf, Abbot, 4.

Rat-catcher, 143.

Rats, 143.

"Reconstruction," 246.

Ridge and furrow, 213, 214.

Rival hedgers, 105.

Roads, ancient, 279-280, 283, 296-297.

Roberts, Lord, 66.

Roman coins, 300;
Emperors, 301-305;
remains, 294, 295.

Rooks' arithmetic, 260;
building, 91.

Rottingdean, 262, 271, 276.

Rough music, 77, 78.

Royal Agricultural Society of England, 138, 139.

_Rus in urbe_, 234-237.

Ruskin, 81.

Ryknield Street, 156, 295-297, 300.

Sabbath-breaking, 163, 164.

Sales,
by bailiff, 132, 133;
books, 133;
fruit, 172;
sheep, 136, 137;
short-horns, 134, 135.

Salisbury, Lord, 90, 91.

Salter Street, 296.

"Satan leading on," 105.

Savory, Mrs. A.H., 86, 90, 122-124, 153, 164.

Savory, Mr. F.E., 250.

Selborne (see White), Church, 94.

Seventh Division in New Forest, 280.

Scapula, P. Ostorius, 297.

School Board,
Badsey, 106;
chairman, 107;
economy, 115;
"first duty" of members, 107;
grouped parishes, 108;
"ignoramus," an, 115;
inspectors, 111, 114;
mares' nests, 116;
reading-book, 114;
religious instruction, 109-111;
reporters at meetings, 108;
site for building, 109;
"six little pigs," 114.

"Score," derivation of, 16.

Scots-fir, 204.

Scottish wool trade, 145.

Scot, Reynolde, on hops, 220.

Scrutator, 253.

Shakespeare,
local phraseology, 289, 290;
local reputation, 120.

Shakespeare quoted,
on bargains, 126;
carouse at Bidford, 179;
content, 57;
"daring" larks, 263;
England if true to self, 66;
fairy rings, 47;
fool i' the forest, 191;
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