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medical man could be tliat was paid Is. 9d. for whipping 

 dogs 31 weeks ; but on the next page he found — "Paid 

 Dr. Lovell for mendlng Catherine Poole's shoes, 2d."' The 

 last entry was, perhaps the most unfortunate, as it was for 

 whipping the vagrants, — "Paid Jolin Tucker for enter- 

 taining those that looked after two vagrants tili they could 

 be whipped, 3s. 2d." 



Mr. Freeman remarked that viper-broth was in use within 

 bis remembrance, and that the office of dog-whipper was a 

 recognised one in some cathedrals. 



Mr. Dlckinson askcd Lord Talbot de Malahide whether 

 it was correct that an Act of Parliament had been passed 

 in reference to treasure trove. 



Lord Talbot de Malahide said that he had a bill prepared 

 and laid lipon the table of the House of Lords; but he found 

 the difficulties were so great that thcre was no prospect of 

 its passing. Some of the difficulties were technical, and 

 were of a very ridiculous kind, but it appeared that, in 

 Order to a bill being passed, it must originale in the Ilouse 

 of Commons. The Society of Antiquarics in Scotiand had 

 prevailed on the Government to ofFcr to pay the fiül vahie 

 for all articles of the kind found in that country; and he 

 himself had mcmorialised the Treasury to adopt a similar 

 practice in England and Leland. He had Information to 

 shew that this had been done in Leland, and there was 

 reason to believe that the arrangements were nearly com- 

 pleted in England; but he must confess that the difficulty 

 of getting anything like an answer from the Chancellor of 

 the Exchequer was such as he could not have conceived. 

 The law of Scotiand was different from that of England. In 

 Scotiand everyching that Avas found in the carth belonged 

 to the Crown; in England only articles of the precious 

 metals; and in some instances the Crown had waived its 



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