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 Etonians who read this, may remember their convenient acquaintance for boats and horses when running tick), a clump of high trees near the river, facing Windsor, where a collation with plenty of beer and punch enlivened their sham festival, much to the amusement and fun of the Etonians, who assembled around them, listening to their songs and merriment al fresco.

The Etonians, who ever distinguished themselves at cricket, were challenged, near forty years ago, by the Westminsters to play a match. It was accepted; Uxbridge was fixed for the field of trial, and it took place in the August vacation. Invited by the Westminsters to the dinner there, and the match in the early part of the day being won by the Etonians, this hastened dinner, and a very pleasant agrémen followed. The songs and hilarity which accompanied, keeping the rival discipuli in high cheer—indeed, after the exertion and the fatigue of the bat the wine did not a little "set the table in a roar." On our return to town at a late hour, particularly when we got into the Bath Road, at Hammersmith, there were plenty of windows smashed, as a memento of the day's sport. However, the Westminsters may justly value their skill at cricket, when the disadvantage they labour under is computed; fixed in the metropolis, they have little time to improve, the distance to the fields is so far, and they are so often obliged to fight the Vulgars (as they call them) for the ground, it is then no wonder they are inferior to those where the fields are adjacent to the College.