POPULAR AMUSEMENTS, SPORTS, CEREMONIES, MANNERS, CUSTOMS, AND EVENTS,

INCIDENT TO

The Three Hundred and Sixty-fibe Days,

IN PAST AND PRESENT TIMES ;

BEING A SERIES OF

FIVE THOUSAND ANECDOTES AND FACTS ;

FORMING A

PERPETUAL KEY TO THE ALMANAC;

INCLUDING

ACCOUNTS OF THE WEATHER, RULES FOR HEALTH AND CONDUCT, REMARKABLE AND
IMPORTANT ANECDOTES, FACTS AND NOTICES IN CHRONOLOGY, ANTIQUITIES, TOPO-
GRAPHY, BIOGRAPHY, NATURAL HISTORY, ART, SCIENCE, AND GENERAL

LITERATURE, DERIVED FROM THE MOST AUTHENTIC SOURCES.

BY WILLIAM HONE.

WITH FOUR HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIX ENGRAVINGS.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

LONDON:
WILLIAM TEGG AND Co., 85, QUEEN STREET,