Dec. 27. 1850.
_Mock-Beggar_ (Vol. ii., p. 478.).--The origin of this term was discussed
in the _Gentleman's Magazine_ in 1840. Two localities so called were cited
(vol. xiv. p. 114.), with the opinion of Sir William Burrell, that some
buildings so named at Brighton had been "a mendicant priory." Another
writer (p. 331.) suggested that the term was applied to country houses when
deserted or unoccupied; or to rocks, as one near Bakewell, where the
semblance of a ham might attract a wayfarer from the high road, only to
deceive his expectations of relief.