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Doe, seasonable and sweete, and upon the Feast of the 
Commemoration of St. Paul in Summer, a good Buck, 
and offer the same at the high Altar, the same to bee 
spent amongst the Canons residents.” On the appointed 
days the keeper who had brought the deer carried it 
through the procession to the high altar. There the 
head was severed, and the body sent off to be cooked, 
while the horns, stuck on a spear, were carried round the 
cathedral. The procession consisted of the Dean and 
Chapter in their copes—special ones for the two occa¬ 
sions—one embroidered with does, the other with bucks, 
the gift of the Baud family, and on their heads garlands 
of roses. Having performed the ceremony within the 
church, the whole procession issued out of the west 
door, and there the keeper blew a blast upon his horn, 
and when he had “ blowed the death of the Bucke,” 
the “ Horners that were about the City presently answered 
him in like manner.” The Dean and Chapter paid the 
blowers of horns fourpence each and their dinner, while 
the man who brought the venison got five shillings and 
his food and lodgings, and a “ loafe of bread, having the 
picture of Saint Paul upon it,” to take away with him. 
What a strange picture of mediaeval life and half-pagan 
rites ! yet all conducted with perfect good faith, in all 
seriousness. It is just one of the great charms of know¬ 
ing London and its traditions, that one is able to clear 
away in imagination the growth of centuries, and throw 
back one’s mind to the past—to stand at the top of 
Ludgate Hill and to remove Wren’s building and to 
see the Gothic pinnacles; to blot out the garden and 
fountain and modern seats, and see Paul’s Cross; on 
the left to see the arches of the cloisters, and on the 
right the high wall and timbered houses; then to open 
