Note 69 — Chapter III · MAMMALIAN SIGNS.
Reading edition
It is worth mention here that in the Account of the Trials of John Swan and Elizabeth Jeffries, published in 1752, reference is made (p. 10) to a certain “John Mills [who resided] at the Why not beat Dragon? at Mile End.” This most extraordinary sign, however, is just outside Essex. Larwood and Hotten do not allude to it.