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Rh Cowes Castle was published by Sparrow. It is here reproduced. Still the Castle did not really become the headquarters of the Squadron until 1858; after about £6000 had been expended upon it in repairs and improvements. And now with its elegance, simplicity, refinement, and priceless archives, with its superb outlook across the silvery waters of the Solent,—Calshot Castle, Southampton Water, and Spithead reposing in the distance,—it stands amid venerable trees, hedge-rows, lawns, and smiling flowers, unique among the Yacht Clubs of the world.

I have endeavored to trace the origin and first era of the development of yachts and yachting from the year 1600 until the establishment of Yacht Club, in 1815, and have thus brought this history within the majestic portal of the nineteenth century, with its steadfast endeavor and brilliant achievement in all branches of knowledge, while yachts and yachting have also steadily advanced with scientific discovery and the accumulation of wealth.