INDEX 



475 



Boarding out London children in 



villages, 286 

 Bolton, Mrs. (Nelson's sister), 450 

 Bond crank, 283 

 Bond spool, 283 

 Borrett, Mr. Robert, 459 

 Boswell, 339, 341-2, 344, 353-4 

 Botfly, see Horsebcc 

 Bounty on wheat, question of a, 413-5, 



419. 455 



Boy killed by swallowing tin squeaker, 

 372 



Boys, damage done to hawthorns by, 

 172-3 



Bozards, the, 261 



Bradenham Hall, 139, 375 



Bradenham Wood, 139 



Brambles, removing, 12 



Brewers and 'tied' houses, 71, iio- 

 12, 114 ; vast political strength of, 

 III, 113 



Brews, Margery, 6 



Brick, made in 1393, 322-3 ; Nelson's 

 initials on a, 449 



Bridle, an ancient, 56 



British colonies as an emigration 

 field, 74, 182-3, 396-8 



Brittany butter, preparation of for the 

 London market, 190 



Broach-splitting, process of, 1S2 



Broaches, use of, 283 



Broome, 201, 202 



Broome Church, 440 



Bruce (or Brews), tradition of, 6 



Brunllan, Roger, Alveva, and 

 Thomas, 24-5 



Brushing pasture land, 12S, 129, 

 141, 149 



Buck (farm labourer), 61, 142, 222, 

 271, 282-4, 295, 322, 366 



Bungay, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 246, 

 273, 351; remains of a Benedictine 

 nunnery, 24 ; formerly famed for 

 copper bottoming of ships, 26 ; 

 legend of the Black Dog, 26-7 ; 

 reminiscences of Chateaubriand's 

 connection with, 28-9 ; floods, 

 31 ; rent audit at, 49-56; sale by 

 auction of the King's Head Hotel, 

 no, III, 113, 229; ' tied ' houses 

 in, 1 10-12; tablet on front of 



house, recording price of grain in 

 1800, 171-2; licensed houses in, 



327 



Bungay Brewster Sessions, 327 



Bungay Castle, 21, 23, 24, 113, 114, 

 229 



Bungay Common (or Outney), 18, 19, 

 21, 46 



Bungay compost, 47, 132, 307, 383 



Bungay market, 108-9, 169, 172, 189, 

 219 



Bungay Races, 154 



Burial Service, refusal by a clergyman 

 to read over a parisioner, 236 



Bush-draining, 14, 43, 97, 109, 420 ; 

 description of, 65, 76, 78 



Butter, 125 ; fraudulent competition 

 of margarine, 183-4, 191, 445, 446; 

 prices obtained for, 1S9, 207 ; unre- 

 munerative to the small farmer, 

 189-90; importation of inferior, 190 



Butter Association, shopkeepers sum- 

 moned by, 193-4 



Butterflies, 163 



Calves and calving, 47, 57-8, 114, 

 116, 146, 162, 371-2 



Candlemas Day proverbs, 101-2 



Canham (page to Nelson's sister), 

 450 



Carr, Mr., 322 



Carrots, soil for, 132-3 ; growing, 

 219, 286; damage done to by 

 rabbits, 293 ; lifting and storing, 

 400, 402 



Cart-wheels, repairing, 222 



Carter, Mr., killed by lightning, 321 



Cat and cock pheasant, 439 



Cattle : Norfolk redpolls, 48, 58-60, 

 64-5, 117, 119, 213, 248, 253, 

 293, 382 ; rearing for the show- 

 yard, 64, 65, 136, 213, 253, 395, 

 412, 417, 439; risks of buying at 

 markets, 83-4, 89, 106, 109 ; 

 instinct in, 84 ; ' blowing ' of, 84, 

 87, 88 ; sickness among, 105, 109, 

 114, 116, 120, 128, 188; estima- 

 ting weight of, 119, 282 ; feeding 

 in winter, 150, 156, 272, 287 ; 

 buying and selling prices, 181-2, 



