reside there. CHAPTER II.--A CHARTER OF SETTLEMENT. _Habet populus Romanus ad quos gubernacula rei publicae deferat_: _qui ubicunque terrarum sunt_, _ibi omne est rei publicae praesidium_, _vel potius ipsa res publica_. CICERO. HAMLET. _Is not parchment made of sheep-skins_? HORATIO. _Ay_, _my lord, and of calf-skins too_. HAMLET. _They are sheep and calves which seek out assurance in that_. SHAKESPEARE. The Trustees of the School met at Uppingham on March 11th. This was the earliest opportunity of consulting them collectively on the resolution to break up the school and to migrate, which had been taken on the 7th. They sanctioned the breaking up of the school. On the question of its removal elsewhere they recorded no opinion. Meanwhile a reconnaissance was being made by one of our body, who was despatched to visit, as in a private capacity, Borth, and two or three other spots on the Welsh coasts, while inquiries were also made in other directions. On Monday, 13th, the Headmaster left Uppingham for a visit to the sites which promised most favourably. A deep snow on the ground made the departure from home seem the more cheerless, but it had melted from the Welsh hills before we reached them. On Tuesday, the party--which now consisted of the Headmaster, two of the staff, and one of the Trustees (whose services on this occasion, and many others arising out of it, we find it easier to remember than to acknowledge as they deserve)--stayed a night at the inland watering-place of Llandrindod, one of the suggested sites. The bleak moors round it were uninviting enough that squally March day. But the question of settling here was dismissed at once; there was not sufficient house-room in the place. So next morning we bore down upon Borth.