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 i2s. vii. AUG. 7, i92o.] NOTES AND QUERIES. 103 without stopping, and then reached the- vale of the Grays at Foots Cray, where we baited. After that the vicinity of London soon announced itself, and nothing further presented itself worth noting. We came home in good time and brought back our poor steed in at least as good spirits and condition as we took him out. For our- selves, we were well satisfied with our excursion, but not sorry to get home again. As an appendage to the five excursions now printed, it may be appropriate to quote the following from Lucy Aikin's ' Memoir of John Aikin, M.D.,' (1823) : " My father's health was now * vigorous ; and he was able without inconvenience to gratify himself with little tours through interesting parts of the country which were new to him. These were always performed in an open chaise, with- my mother for his companion ; and were repeated annually during a considerable period. His- ardent love of the varied face of rural nature,, and the talent for observation which distinguished him, rendered these little excursions, of which he- al ways made copious journals, the source of- instruction as well as delight ; and his con- tributions to the Magazine* were frequently . varied by the description of objects which* had thus fallen under his attention." PRONEPOS: editor in 1796. PRINCIPAL LONDON COFFEE-HOUSES, TAVERNS AND INNS IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. (12 S. vi. 29, 59, 84, 105, 125, 143, 162; vii. 26, 67.) George Inn George Inn George and Dragon Tavern George and Dragon Tavern Gloucester Tavern. . Goat Tavern Golden Fleece Ta- vern Golden Lion Grange Inn Gray's Inn (bef. 1777 "Abingdons," aft. 1785 "Lowes"; Great James Tavern Green Dragon Greyhound Inn Greyhound Inn Greyhound Tavern Griffin Inn Griffin Tavern Gun Tavern Half Moon Half Moon Tavern (afterwards New London Tavern) Half Moon Tavern Hand and Flower . . Harry's Hart ; s Hercules Pillars Hercules Tavern . . Hoop and Bunch of Grapes Hoop and Griffin . . Hampstead Green George Yard, King Street, 1746 Westminster Shug Lane, Piccadilly . . 1765 Butcher Bow, Strand . . Pall Mall Haymarket (at foot) . . Old Palace Yard, West- 1776 minster Church Street, Soho . . 1775 On site of old King's Hospital Carey Street Lincoln's Inn Fields . . 1746 East of Holborn Gateway, 1776 Gray's Inn ) Bishppsgate Street. . Fleet Street (No. 56). . Kensington Square. . 1787 Fleet Street .. .. 1723 Near Southampton Street, 1746 Strand Fleet Street (No. 56). . 1748 Back Lane, Deptford. . 1750 Pimlico. . . . . . Cheptone Street, Maryle- 1777 bone Corner of Gutter Lane, 1723 Cheapside Shadwell Dock. . . . 1767 Grange Road, Southwark 1767 Fleet Street. . . . 1740 Carey Street, Lincoln's Inn 1722 Gt. Queen Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields Hercules Passage, Thread- needle Street Within the liberty of the 1734 Fleet Leadenhall Street. . 1730 Thornbury, v., 491. Rocque's ' Survey.' Lane's ' Masonic Records,' 1886 Simpson's ' London Taverns and Masonry.*" Simpson's ' City Taverns and Masonry.' Simpson's ' London Taverns and Masonry.' Simpson's ' London Taverns and Masonry/ Simpson's ' London Taverns and Masonry. r Simpson's ' London Taverns and Masonry/ Thornbury, iii., 26 Rocque's ' Survey.' G. I. Pension Book, ii., 323, 328, 346, 371 r Simpson's ' City Taverns and Masonry.' Chancellor's ' Fleet Street.' Simpson's ' Suburban Taverns.' Simpson's ' City Taverns and Masonry.' Rocque's ' Survey.' Simpson's ' City Taverns and Masonry.' Simpson's ' Suburban Taverns.' Simpson's ' Suburban Taverns.' Simpson's ' Suburban Taverns.' Simpson's ' City Taverns and Masonry.' Simpson's ' City Taverns and Masonry ' Simpson's * City Taverns and Masonry ' Chancellor's ' Fleet Street.' L. I. Black Books, iii., 264 Simpson's ' London Taverns and Masonry Simpson's ' City Taverns and Masonry ' Larwood, p. 252 Simpson's ' City Taverns and Masonry/
 * In 1802.
 * The Monthly Magazine, of which he became-