Cricket, no early records, 188; proficiency of officers in, 191; presumptuous youngsters, 192; improvement in form, 211; a dry season, 212; Lord Harris's maxims, 213; great scores by third XI., 214, 216, 227; Sir Bedivel the Bold, 215; description of a match day, 222; good play by Engineer lieutenants, 226; Lieutenant De Burgh, 226, 228; a curious misunderstanding, 227; keep your ground clock right, 228; a successful season, 228; Dr. Bobardt, 226, 228; splendid playing fields, 228. Matches: officers _v._ cadets, 192; _Britannia_ _v._ Mr. Denison's XI., 193; Engineer students, 192, 196; Exeter Grammar School, 212; King Edward's School, 227; Mannamead School, 214, 216; M.C.C., 206; Montpelier School, 212, 226; Newton Blues, 213; Newton College, 193; Paignton School, 212, 213; Plymouth C.C., 195; Plymouth Garrison, 193, 195; Royal Marines, 195, 196, 202, 213; Royal Naval College, 193; Stratford-on-Avon, 222; Teignbridge, 202, 205, 210, 224; Torquay, 195, 210; Totnes School, 216 Dacres, Admiral Sir S. C., 40 Dancing, 9, 17, 153, 173 _Dapper_, tender to _Britannia_, 88, 131 Dartmouth, arrival of _Britannia_, 71; bluejackets as navvies, 72; selected as best site for a college in 1876, 103 Digby, Captain N. S. F., 142, 144, 146, 148, 149 Dinner, a satisfactory, 152; result of misbehaviour at, 152 Discipline, 25, 44 Dobson, Mr. N. C., 181 Drawing, how taught in early days, 62 Drill, extra, 152 Dundonald, Earl of, 3 Easy, Mr. Midshipman, 5, 174 Edye, Admiral W. H., 69 Electric light, 137 Entry of officers, old methods, 2; at the Academy, 11; at the College, 23; changes in regulations for, 25, 33, 41, 56, 79, 91, 100, 119, 167; complete revolution in, 243 Erskine, Admiral Sir J. E., 40 Examinations, 11, 23, 33, 42, 56, 79, 85, 95, 96, 97, 100, 105, 119, 138, 168, 237, 244 Failures, very few, 168; percentage of, 237 Fatherly advice, 210 Fencing, 8, 13, 17, 220 Fighting by authority, 88 Fishing, 236 Fitzhardinge, Lord, 37 Foley, Captain the Hon. F. A. C., 95 Food, Cadets', 175