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Bay of Biscay, 86

Beaford, 541

Bear, John, 744

Beare, Dr., 274

Beasley, Reuben G., 635, 639, 673

Beaumont, Robert de, 773

Beauties of England and Wales, 568, 571

Bebb, Mr., 27

Becket, Thomas a, 549

Bedford, Earl of, 204, 209, 754

Beer, 308, 309, 318

Beggar, a disguised, 432, 433

Beggars' Opera, The, 414-421
— complete success of, 419

Belgrave, Lord, 448

Bell, Mr., 241

Bell, James, 698

Belle's Stratagem, The, 31

Bell-ringing, contests in, 370
— songs of, 370, 371

Belmont, 716

Belstone, 709

Beltrees, 241

Bennett, John, 694

Bennett's Cross, 700

Benson, Thomas, 233
— donor of bowl and ladle, 234
— King of Lundy, 234-237
— M.P. for Barnstaple, 234

Bent, Dr., 256

Berkeley, Colonel, 24-26

Berkeley, Earl of, 24

Berlin, 616, 628

Bermondsey, 393

Bernasconi, Miss, 563

Berry, 251

Berry, Sarah, 603

Bertie, Dr., 256

Berwick, 266, 483

Bevan, 602

Bewick, 578

Beyeck, Joseph, 698

Bible, value of the, 341

Bickford, William, 47

Bickleigh, 188, 189, 426, 435, 568

Bicton. 591

Bideford, 233, 234, 274, 276, 327, 329, 330, 384, 385, 389, 414, 417, 436, 775, 785

Bidlake, 212, 217, 223, 737

Bidlake, Dr., 459, 566, 567, 568

Bidlake family, the, 212-223, 737

Bidlake, Henry, 215, 219, 222
— fights for Royalists, 220

Bidlake, Henry, hides in a clock, 220

Bidlake, John, 219

Bidlake, William, 215, 218

Bilbao, 152

Binus, 469

Birch Tor, 700, 701, 705

Bird, Mr. E., R.A., 41, 46

Bird of the Oxenhams, the, 249-261
— appears to foretell death, 249, 254, 256, 258-261
— probable origin of legend, 254, 255

Birds of the Crozet Islands, 342

Birdwood, Miss, 133

Birmingham, 62, 68, 329

Bisett, Margaret, 227

Bishops, bad character of, in 16th century, 214

Bishop, John, 597

Bishop, Robert, 597

Bishops of Exeter, 48, 124, 125, 214, 217, 218, 249, 529, 531, 532, 538, 556, 557, 558, 583. 590, 747

Bishop of Limoges, 239

Bishop of London, 43, 739

Bishop of Saint Flores, 239

Bishopstawton, 104

"Black Assize, The," 103

Blackabrook, 186

Blackball, 711

Black Horse, Captain of the, 207

"Black Horse Tavern," 320, 321, 323

Black John, 52-55

Blackmail, 383

Blackmore, Robert D., 528, 549, 556, 561

Blake, Admiral, 158, 377

Blake, William, 699

Blisland, 56

Bliss, Mr. foe, 502

Bloomers introduced by the Alphington Ponies, 20

Blore, Mr., 564

Bloudie Booke, The, 193

Blow, Dr. John, 241, 614

Blundell, Peter, 438, 619

Blundell's School, 426, 535

Board of Trade, 776

Boconnoc, 605

Bodleian Library, 324

Bodmin, 317, 525, 738

Bodmin Moors, 302

Body-snatching, 365, 405-413

Boer War, 780, 782

Boggs, John, 685

Boleyn, Mary, 263