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 a headmaster was the Sculling Sweepstakes in 1847, when Dr, Hawirey was rowed in a boat to see the racing by two under- masters, the Rev. H. Dupuis and Mr. Evans.

From time immemorial there was a ten-oar and several eight and six-oared boats, with regular crews, captains and steerers, In the early state of things a waterman always rowed stroke and drilled or coached the crew, and this practice was continued with some of the eights till 1828, and after that the captain of cach crew rowed the stroke oar. The crews had to subscribe for the waterman’s pay, his beer, and clothes. The best remembered watermen were Jack. Hall, ‘Paddle’ Brads, Piper, Jack Haverley, Tom Cannon and Fish. ‘There were upper boats manned by sixth and fifth form boys, and lower boats originally with six oars for lower boys. A lower boy could not get into the upper boats however well he might row. From more recent times no lower bey can get into the ‘boats’ at all, but must content himself with his own lock-up skiff, gig, or outrigger. We should expliin here that a lock-up means a boat which a boy, for himself or jointly with a friend, hires for the summer half and. keeps exclusively. The boat- builders also allow other boats (not lock-ups) to be used indis- criminately on payment of a less sum, which are called ‘chance boats.’ Boys in the ‘boats’ generally also have a lock-up or outrigger of their own, or jointly with others.

‘The ten-oar was always called the ‘ Monarch,’ and is the head boat in all processions. ‘The captain of the boats rows stroke of the ‘Monarch,’ and until 1830 the second captain rowed nine. Afler that date the second captain became captain of the second boat. The boats themselves bore certain names. In the early lists (none exist carlicr than 1824) the ‘ Britannia was the second boat, and in that ycar there were five upper boats, ‘ Hibernia,’ “Etonian,’ and ‘ Nelson’ being the other three, And the lower boats with six oars were the ‘ Defiance,’ ‘ Rivals,” and ‘Victory’ The following year there were only three upper boats, which has remained the custom till this day, except in 1832, when there was a fourth upper boat called the