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STRANGE SIGHTS AND SPORTING SCENES.

"The Wonder of all the Wonders that the World ever Wondered at" 243

"The Princess Caraboo" 246

Fat Folks.--Lambert and Bright 249

A Cure for Corpulence 256

Epitaphs on Fat Folks 257

Count Boruwlaski, the Polish Dwarf 258

The Irish Giant 270

Birth Extraordinary 271

William Hutton's "Strong Woman" 274

Wildman and his Bees 276

Lord Stowell's Love of Sight-seeing 277

John Day and Fairlop Fair 280

A Princely Hoax 283

Sir John Waters's Escape 285

Colonel Mackinnon's Practical Joking 287

A Gourmand Physician 288

Dick England, the Gambler 290

Brighton Races, Thirty Years since 292

Colonel Mellish 294

Doncaster Eccentrics 296

"Walking Stewart" 300

Youthful Days of the Hon. Grantley Berkeley 304

What became of the Seven Dials 310

An Old Bailey Character 312

Bone and Shell Exhibition 317

"Quid Rides?" 318

"Bolton Trotters" 319

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