Page 254 and further: body weights given in the tables do not always result in the average weights given in the tables.
Where the scans were not clear, the text has been completed based on other scanned copies and on ‘best guesses.’
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- page 44: Bridgenorth changed to Bridgnorth;
- page 53 (chapter title): OARMANSHIP changed to OARSMANSHIP;
- page 155: at a gift changed to as a gift;
- page 257: Uppleby changed to Appleby;
- page 263: Magdalen changed to Magdalene;
- page 267: year (1851) added above Stewards’ Cup;
- page 272: Darrock changed to Darroch;
- page 279, 282: Edwardes Moss changed to Edwardes-Moss;
- page 281: Michison changed to Mitchison;
- page 304: Feildep Weir Lock changed to Feildes Weir Lock;
- page 333: das attischen Staates changed to des attischen Staates;
- page 340: tooth-brush changed to toothbrush as in text;
- Map of Putney Course (caption): E. Wellar changed to E. Weller.