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 Bay of Biscay,

Beaford,

Bear, John,

Beare, Dr.,

Beasley, Reuben G.,, ,

Beaumont, Robert de,

Beauties of England and Wales, ,

Bebb, Mr.,

Becket, Thomas a,

Bedford, Earl of,, ,

Beer,, ,

Beggar, a disguised, ,

Beggars' Opera, The, -421

— complete success of,

Belgrave, Lord,

Bell, Mr.,

Bell, James,

Belle's Stratagem, The,

Bell-ringing, contests in,

— songs of, ,

Belmont,

Belstone,

Beltrees,

Bennett, John,

Bennett's Cross,

Benson, Thomas,

— donor of bowl and ladle,

— King of Lundy, -237

— M.P. for Barnstaple,

Bent, Dr.,

Berkeley, Colonel, -26

Berkeley, Earl of,

Berlin, ,

Bermondsey,

Bernasconi, Miss,

Berry,

Berry, Sarah,

Bertie, Dr.,

Berwick, ,

Bevan,

Bewick,

Beyeck, Joseph,

Bible, value of the,

Bickford, William,

Bickleigh,, , , ,

Bicton.

Bideford,, , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Bidlake,, , ,

Bidlake, Dr.,, , ,

Bidlake family, the, -223,

Bidlake, Henry,, ,

— fights for Royalists, Bidlake, Henry, — hides in a clock,

Bidlake, John,

Bidlake, William, ,

Bilbao,

Binus,

Birch Tor,, ,

Bird, Mr. E., R.A., ,

Bird of the Oxenhams, the, -261

— appears to foretell death,, , , -261

— probable origin of legend, ,

Birds of the Crozet Islands,

Birdwood, Miss,

Birmingham,, ,

Bisett, Margaret,

Bishops, bad character of, in 16th century,

Bishop, John,

Bishop, Robert,

Bishops of Exeter,, , , , , , , , , , , , , ,. ,

Bishop of Limoges,

Bishop of London, ,

Bishop of Saint Flores,

Bishopstawton,

"Black Assize, The,"

Blackabrook,

Blackball,

Black Horse, Captain of the,

"Black Horse Tavern,", ,

Black John, -55

Blackmail,

Blackmore, Robert D.,, , ,

Blake, Admiral, ,

Blake, William,

Blisland,

Bliss, Mr. foe,

Bloomers introduced by the Alphington Ponies,

Blore, Mr.,

Bloudie Booke, The,

Blow, Dr. John, ,

Blundell, Peter, ,

Blundell's School, ,

Board of Trade,

Boconnoc,

Bodleian Library,

Bodmin,, ,

Bodmin Moors,

Body-snatching,, -413

Boer War, ,

Boggs, John,

Boleyn, Mary,