The Badminton Magazine 1896-12: Vol 3 Iss 17 (1896)
Longman, Green & Co · leaf 42
a function so often depicted in oils and print that it need only be mentioned here in passing. The strange dresses of rowers and steerers, the weird combinations of colours, the utter unsuitableness of the garments for rowing, are apt to surprise the visitor, but nevertheless are sufficiently… … ETON, FROM THE FOOTBRIDGE Boveney and Romney locks together, and the crews conclude the evening by standing in the boats and holding up their oars (no easy manoeuvre in an eight) amid falling fireworks and critical inspection from the bank. Nevertheless, accidents on ‘ the Fourth’ are practically…
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