Powell, Captain R. A., 69 Punishments (_see_ Corporal), second and third class, 115; the cane as a substitute, 115; cockpit mess, 55, 115; "fours," 115; admonished by the captain, 116; commander's, 116 Queen's medal, The, 173 _Racer_, the cruising tender, 159, 169, 234, 249 Randolph, Captain Geo. G., appointed, 74; his reputation for severity, 74; a futile complaint, 75; stern measures, 75; superseded, 77 Reefing topsails, 156 Regatta, Cadets', 196; events in, 197; a festive occasion, 197; editor's bitter comments on, 198; a new event introduced, 217 Regulations of 1876, 111 Richards, Admiral G. H., 147, 148 Royal cadets, 106 Rushworth seal, The, 197, 207, 210 Ryder, Admiral A. P., 96 Sailing cutters, 77, 78 Sailing matches, 196 Sails, Instruction in, abolished, 233 Salmon, Admiral Sir Nowell, 145 Scanty accommodation, 23 Sea-going training ships, a dead letter, 58; properly established, 78; abolished, 93; reintroduced, 234 _Sealark_, brig, 45, 58 Seamanship, in the old days, 5; at the Academy, 9; at the College, 24; on the _Illustrious_, 45; "an obsolete art," 124; arrangement of classes for, 239 Selborne, Earl of, 2 Sextant, Reading, under difficulties, 158 Shaw Lefevre, Mr., M.P., 105 Shooting, Instruction in, 236 "Simple, Peter," 5, 177 Sling the monkey, 46 Smart, Admiral Sir R., 40 Smoking, 159, 160 Spanton, Mr. J. H., 238 Sports, 196; events in, 201; excited timekeeper, 201; why Williams didn't win, 201; seventeen years' record of, 218 Stoke Fleming, A walk to, 161 Studies, Arrangement of, 54 Study, Arrangement of classes for, 239 Sulivan, Admiral Sir B. J., Life and letters of: Joins the College, 30; bullying studious boys, 30; joins the _Thetis_, 31; the captain hates collegians, 31; but is converted, 31 Sulphur room, 116 Sunday afternoon on shore, A, 162 Surveillance, Freedom from, 233 Symonds, Sir William, 4 _Syren_, schooner, 143, 161 Tennis tournament, 197 Thomas, Lieutenant Evan, 192, 196 "Three-decker," A, 53 Tims, Mr. E. M., 195, 205, 238 "Tinned air," 187 _Trafalgar_, H.M.S., 60, 92 Training, Preliminary, partially introduced, 8; abolished, 27; made compulsory, 39 "Two-decker," A, 53 Underwood, C., his average in 1886, 202 _Victoria_, H.M.S., model of, 175 Volunteers of the first and second class, 32-33; "per order," 3, 11 Wallis, Sir Provo W. P., 4 Warrant officers, 167 Warry, Captain A. W., his reminiscences, 86, 87, 88