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'Bear-Baiting in a Stuart Bear Pit', c1934. Illustration showing English mastiff dogs attacking a chained bear, 'a favourite amusement of the people in Stuart times, although it was prohibited by the Puritans during the Commonwealth'...'After the Restoration bear-baiting rose once more into high favour, and it did not cease as a popular amusement in London till 1750'. From The Romance of the Nation, Volume Two, edited by Charles Ray. [The Amalgamated Press, Ltd., London, c1934]