ON

YE ANCIENTE ROYALE GAME
OF BOWLES:

A SERIES OF NOTES, FACTS, RECORDS, AND COMMENTS,
TOUCHING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE GAME

OF BOWLS, FROM ANCIENT TIMES TO

THE PRESENT DAY.

BY

HUMPHREY J. DINGLEY, F.S.L.

WITH OVER SIXTY ILLUSTRATIONS SPECIALLY PREPARED
FOR THIS WORK BY THE AUTHOR.

GLASGOW :

THOMAS TAYLOR,

DAVID BRYCE & SON,
129 BUCHANAN STREET.

2 RICHMOND STREET.

LONDON: SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, HAMILTON, KENT & CO., LIMITED.

1893.

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LIBRARY

ΤΟ

SIR JOHN M. STIRLING-MAXWELL, BART.,

OF NETHER POLLOK,

HON. PRESIDENT OF TITWOOD BOWLING AND TENNIS CLUB,

AND POLLOKSHAWS BOWLING CLUB,

THIS WORK IS RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED BY

THE AUTHOR.