[266] "Philosophical Transactions," LXI. p. 176 (1771). Paper on Nyl-ghau, with plate, by George Stubbs, engraved by Basire.
[267] Baird, "Report on the County of Middlesex," quoted in view of the agriculture of Middlesex, &c., pp. 341, 342, by John Middleton, Esq. London: 1798.
[268] The wool which grows on different parts of their bodies, under very long hair, is obtained by gently combing them.
[269] "Life of Sir Joshua Reynolds," vol. i., p. 32.
[270] Mark Lemon, "Jest Book," p. 36.
[271] Mark Lemon, "Jest Book," p. 111.
[272] "An Account of the Religious and Literary Life of Adam Clarke, LL.D., F.A.S.," by a Member of his Family, vol ii., p. 346.
[273] "Memoirs of Samuel Foote, Esq.," by Wm. Cooke, Esq., vol. i., p. 13.
[274] Mark Lemon, "Jest Book", p. 246.
[275] Lord Sidmouth lived near Burghfield, where Mr Bird kept pupils, and was curate. See "Sketches from the Life of the Rev. Charles Smith Bird."