FOOTNOTES:

[1] The needle can easily be bent by heating it in a gas or lamp flame. When it has acquired the proper form it should again be heated, and, while still hot, be plunged into oil.

[2] Begun in Harper's Round Table No. 868.

[3] From 1883 to 1890 the first crews rowed in six-oared gigs.

[4] 1885 oar broke.

[5] 1888 oar-lock broke.

[6] Since 1891 eight-oared shells have been used.