Scanty Early Records--Practice _v._ Precept--Officers _v._ Cadets--Presumptuous Juniors--A Close Match--Football-- Penalty of Punning--A Decisive Victory--A Demon Bowler--Two Curious Innings--Sports and Regatta--The Rushworth Seal--The Editor is Sarcastic--His Feelings are Soured--An Excited Timekeeper--Why Williams Didn't Win--The Pro's Average-- Teignbridge Victorious and Vanquished--W. G.'s Eleven--Some Fatherly Advice--The Editor is Appeased--A Close Sculling Match--Foreign Football Matches--A Dry Cricket Season--The Editor and the Beagles--Lord Harris's Maxims--The Bold Sir Bedivel--Big Third Eleven Scores--Seventeen Years' Athletics-- Huddart Shows the Way--The Editor on "Stodge"--A Hot Run for the "Footmen"--Youthful Boxers--Glasgow to the Rescue--An Afternoon's Cricket--Splendid Playing Fields--And Plenty of Cricket--Teignbridge's Small Score--_Britannia_ Wins All Round--Third Eleven Makes a Record--A Question of Time--Keep Your Ground Clock Right--Remarkable Results of the Season--Money Well Spent 190 CHAPTER IX. CONCLUSION. Forty-six Years' Record--Internal Arrangements--Swimming Baths--"On Their Honour"--No More Sails--The _Revenge_ as a Picture--The _Isis_ and _Aurora_--Lieutenants' Adventure-- Scotch Hospitality--Shooting Instruction--"Good Fishing"--A Creditable Record--The Cost of the _Britannia_--The Instructional Staff--An Excellent Arrangement--A Heavy Responsibility--Discharged Right Well--The New Scheme-- Utilitarian Buildings--The _Racer_ Again--Popularity of Practical Mechanics--No Half Measures 230 APPENDICES 251 INDEX 271 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. PAGE The "Britannia" Approaching Portland, Feb. 7th, 1862 _Frontispiece_ Cadet of 1849 1 The Royal Naval Academy, Portsmouth 9 The Title-page of Broke's Book 12 A Page from Broke's Book 13 First and Second Class Volunteers 14 A Plan from Broke's Book 15 West Front of the Naval College in Portsmouth Dockyard 17 Billiard-Room, Naval College (Formerly the Large Study) 20 The Courtyard of the Naval College 21 "Jack Tar" Expounds 34 Captain Robert Harris 36 Vice-Admiral Sir Robert Harris, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., as a Midshipman 38