[Our correspondent's doubt, whether Waterloo itself is not a myth,
was intended, we presume, as a hit at the historical scepticism of
the present day.]
_Bawderich, and Bells_ (Vol. iii., pp. 328. 435. 503.).--May I be
allowed to call the attention of your readers who are curious in such
matters, to a _cut_ of the Bawderich and its Gear, engraved in the 13th
and 14th Numbers of Willis's _Current Notes_, about which there have
already been several notices in your interesting periodical?
I would also request any gentlemen who have access to old parish
records, to see what entries they can find relating to the _item_ in
question, and anything about the "_wheles_" of the _belles_. It is
desirable to find out by whom, and when, the present whole wheel was
introduced. Originally a half-wheel only was used, and such may still be
found in some towers. In Dorsetshire the half-wheel is common; and there
being no "_fillet_" nor "_ground truck_," "peals of changes" cannot be
rung as they are in other towers.