"From the name you will perceive that it was made up from a variety of entertainments. Four of the gentlemen subscribers were appointed managers--Sir John Wrottesley, Colonel O'Hara, Major Gardiner, and Montressor, the chief engineer. On the tickets of admission which they gave out for Monday, the 18th, was engraved, in a shield, a view of the sea, with the setting sun, and in a wreath the words '_Luceo discedens, aucto splendore resurgam._' At top was the general's crest, with '_vive! vale!_' All round the shield ran a vignette, and various military trophies filled up the ground.[15] [Illustration: Lady's Head-Dress. (Drawn by Major André.)] "A grand regatta began the entertainment. It consisted of three divisions. In the first place was the _Ferret_ galley, having on board several general officers and a number of ladies. In the center was the _Hussar_ galley, with Sir William and Lord Howe, Sir Henry Clinton, the officers of their suite, and some ladies. The _Cornwallis_ galley brought up the rear, having on board General Knyphausen and his suite, the British generals, and a party of ladies. On each quarter of these galleys, and forming their division, were five flat-boats, lined with green cloth, and filled with ladies and gentlemen. In front of the whole were three flat-boats, with a band of music in each. Six barges rowed about each flank, to keep off the swarm of boats that covered the river from side to side. The galleys were dressed out in a variety of colors and streamers, and on each flat-boat was displayed the flag of its own division. In the stream opposite the center of the city the _Fanny_, armed ship, magnificently decorated, was placed at anchor; and at some distance ahead lay his Majesty's ship _Roebuck_, with the admiral's flag hoisted at the foretopmast-head. The transport ships, extending in a line the whole length of the town, appeared with colors flying and crowded with spectators, as were also the openings of the several wharves on the shore, exhibiting the most picturesque and enlivening scene the eye could desire. The rendezvous was at Knight's wharf, at the north end of the city."[16] * * * * * After giving an account of the aquatic procession down the river, André continues: