St. Martin.
The customs of this festival, which is retained in the church of England calendar and almanacs, are related under the day in last year’s volume.
NATURALISTS’ CALENDAR.
Mean Temperature 44·40.
November 12.
Admiral Vernon’s Birth-day.
To the mention of the pageant “at Chancery-lane end,” in honour of admiral Vernon on this day, in the year 1740,[424] may be added some ingenious verses commemorative of Vernon’s exploits. They were written in the same year by John Price, a land-waiter in the port of Poole, and are preserved in Mr. Raw’s “Suffolk Garland,” with the following introduction:—