8o ANNALS OF THE ROAD. 



Messrs. Hall and Sherman were the next largest 

 coach proprietors ; they were the proprietors of the cele- 

 brated ' Bull and Mouth. ' l 



1 Bull and Month Yard. 



' Come, it is time we are alive and look out, for the 

 yard is all in a bustle ; here are lots of coaches preparing 

 for a start, so let us look around and see what is going 

 forward. We sally forth into the yard where the con- 

 fusion created by the arrival of one coach heavily laden, 

 and the preparation of two for departure, afforded a scene 

 for a quiet contemplatist which, however, it is not easy 

 to describe. 



' " Coachman,'' said an antiquated lady just alighting, 

 " I paid my fare." 



' " Yes ma'am, that's all fair," said coachy. 



• " Mind how you hand my dear little boy out of the 

 coach ; poor little fellow, he is quite dizzy with riding." 



'-" I thinks as how you had better have brought a man 

 with you, for you want taking care of yourself," grumbled 

 coachy, as he handed the young one out. " There he is, 

 ma'am — stand upon your pins, my man." 



1 Now known as the ' Queen,' though the sign of the ' Bull and Mouth ' 

 is still over the old archway, which, having been partly filled in, now forms 

 the front door entrance. Under the figure of the bull are these lines : 



* Milo, the Cretonian, 

 An ox slew with his fist, 

 And ate it up at one meal, 

 Ye Gods, what glorious twist ! ' 



This suggests a different notion of the origin of the sign from the usually- 

 accepted one, which makes it refer to the taking of the town of Boulogne. 



