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 to him for emendation or other alteration, before the interview in question was concluded. It may be added that Mr. Stani- forth kindly showed to the writer the actual text of the diaries referred to, from which he refreshed his memory and recorded the appended history.

As to the intermediate history between 1830 and 1837, in which year the Brasenose boating record opens (two seasons before an O.U.B.C. was founded), Christ Church started head in 1837 ; therefore, apparently, they finished head in 1836,

Mr. Brickwood, in his book on ‘ Boat Racing,’ has collected

some history of these years, but unfortunately he does not record the source, so that what might be a tree of knowledge for inquirers to pluck more from seems to be sealed against Ourcuriosity. We have, however, to thank him for the following information, which we reproduce (page 157 of ‘Boat Racing’):—