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Bishophold tenure, pretty clearly indicating their original ecclesi- 

 astical connection. 



The "Mitre" speaks for itself; and the sign of the "Bell and 

 Bullock," I venture to suggest, is a perversion of the holy "Bell 

 and Book," and perhaps even the word "bull" might have been 

 there indicating the Pope's bull or sealed and certified benediction 

 of the bell ; in this way the Bell, Bull, and Book might be the 

 ancestor of the modern "Bell and Bullock." 



While (as I intimated at the commencement) the subject I have 

 brought before you has no important practical bearing on modern 

 life, I trust that the old world reminiscences ; the strange phases 

 of religious and social feelings in bygone times brought to our 

 notice by the subject; may have been of sufficient interest to 

 be worth the time you have given to it, and in some measure 

 compensate you for your patient attention. 



