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THE WORCESTER CATHEDRAL SCHOOL CHRONICLE.

DECEMBER, 1880.

No. 4, Vol. 1.

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who have always sO willingly come forward to help us in anything we have undertaken for the good of our School; whilst we can only hope f that our subscribers are as anxious to receive tW&·number, as " we are to make up for its interruption by a more, elaborate and better selected.choi'ce 9f·subje9ts.. . We" J:ii';:et..~gain toiic'6fu..;the-~dea:th of. another ....... old and firm friend to the School-Canon'SeymoUr -who, .after long years of suffering,' has been taken from us. His exemplary patience under trial was made the subject of a few'words of,exhor­ tation, addressed to the School and Cathedral'body' generally, by the Dean, at the annual roll call of t1;l,e Chapter., But more closely has death approached cast its gloom over us by the removal of one of our schoolfellows from our midst, in .the flower of his boyhood.

Our Cricket Club was not such a success as we could have ;yished; owing to most of our seniors being members of the Boating Club, and preferring to spend their summer afternoons in the enjoyment afforded by our noble river; but in those for whom aquatic sports have not such powerful charms, a lively interest was manifested that cricket shoUld in summer hold the position that football does in winter. The latter game has again taken its place among us, and thougp. in another column we have deplored the· weakness of our team, yet with great pleasure' we. are able to sta,te, 'on the captain's

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authority, that the present season has surpassed saved by this arrangement, for the trains seemed ".' former ones in hearty practice by the whole School, 'contrived to run for a few miles to some smaIl'f: The M~ical Society, so auspiciously started 'at junctioI,l, and theJt leave one to wait a couple of the close of last year, has shown signs of wonderful, hO~8for the next, which ,ran to another not far improvement under its conductor, the Rev. E. V. ,di.stant junction; so we walked, and caught our ., Our proximity to the Cathedral and its trains comfortably. From Stoke's Bay about twenty splendid services, together with the advantages of minutes steaming fook us across, to- Ryde, which' '. such a co~duct6r, afford us opportunities whiqh few looks very lovely from the water, rising gradually', schools possess for the cultivation of musical'1f81ent. from its large round bay ; we soon found convenient .Amongst the improvements that are to benefit qUarters for the night, and next morning, _about the School in future years, a Reading Room i.s in half-past six, we had finished breakfast and were process of formation, which we hope will be an walking along wide streets of hand~ome houses to inducemtmt to many b'oys to become readers of that the station, where we took the train for Shanklin. class of English composition, which con.stitutes the Passing Sandown, with its wide bay, since the scene leading articles of our best daily papers. ' We would of the terrible wreck of the Eurydice, we soon impress upon them the advantages of such reading, reached our destination. Walking towards the coupled with the study of standard authors of our shore, there was a lovely view from the slight hill language, without which it is impossible to reach over which the road run.s; ill the distance was the standaru of an educated man. We hope, too, Sandown, the circle of tall white houses divided by that our Reading Room will become the scene of the sandy beach from the blue waters of the bay, lectures addressed to it~ members by the masters, and which were sparkling peacefully in the bright by friends, who from time to time may be induced morning sunshine; below us lay the little village t9 come forward for our benefit and instruction. of Shanklin, also forming an irregular fringe to its , The di.stance of our field at Diglis from the smaller bay ;on the o~her side the cliffs rose high School,' and its liability through situation to be, -above the beach. But we had, come to see the inundated by the floods-,.which has especially been' chine, so, climbing down some rome rude steps in felt during the present season-have given much the cliff to the shore, we hunted up the man who cau~e for complaint. Attempts are being made to had charge of the key, who evidently did not expect find a find a field suitable for our athletics, and at such early vi.sitors, and gained admittance, through the same time, as far as possible, accommodated, to a wicket, gate, to a' narrow dell, shaded by tre~s, and .­ the distances of all day boys. At present we have full of wild flowers and ferns; with steep sides, not found one an~wering to our requirements, but vrhich grew higher as we advanced, between which we intend to make every possible effort, whilst we' lay our path and a tiny' stream, whose gentle do not doubt we shall succeed. We then hope to •murmur seemed echoed by the plash of the waves give a series of those entertainments which, thanks falling lazily on the beach below-just the sort of to the Musical Society, are now so easily within place for a rest in the noon of a summer day, where' our power, in order to get the necess~ry funds for the hot sunlight is changed to a cool green ,as it erecting a pavilion, gymnasium, &c. struggles through the leafy covering. Mter walking along this dell for some distance, we reached the 1\. c:m:tltmp .!ttll£i£l the isle .of ~ght. head, where the stream faIling over a steep rock HE object of our holiday was to see makes a tiny waterfall: such i.s a chine, and this the seven Cathedrals in the south of at Shanklin is said to be one of t~e prettiest in the England, which lie between London and i.sland. l3ri.stol, but we arranged to spend one clear day in Mounting a steep hill, we had another glorious the Isle of Wight, although t,herewas no Cathedral, view of Sandown and, ShankIin Bays; choosing a nor even a ruined abbey, to attract us there. fieldpath whi~h 'lay on ,the top of the cllifs in Accordingly we made. our way from, Chichester preference to the dusty highway, we passed the,'i to Portsmouth, or rather Stoke'sl3ay, partly by head of Luccombe Chine, but did not stop to see it;-,' train and partly oI). foot, as we found that time was then on till we came to the undercliff, which is ~.:.

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really a succession of landslips, extending for about centre of the village. On entering we saw a publiCl . siX miles along the coast. The cliffs being formed house, but, as it did not look very nice, passedit; of chalk upon marl, and the latter having been . of course expecting that as we were in a civilized • carried away by springs and streams, the ground country, there would be plenty of chances of pro­ has sunk irregularly, while the cliffs, from which curing refreshnlent, so long as we "had money to pay the lower ground has slipped, still rise between a for it. Alas! we were doomed to disappointment: .quarter and half a mile- from the sea. The paths Leaving this village without finding another inn'; along this undercliff are delightful, winding up and we walked on to the next, feeling sure that as there down, and in and out through an arbour of dwarf was a church marked on ,our map, there would also trees and brushwolid, and round great boulders be an inn. But no, again were we disappointed; which lie here and there-looking as if nature had and now the heat was intense-the sun seemed to turned chaos into beauty and made even the ruins stare at us and make us hot all over; our knapsacks she had caused, lovely. A very delightful walk it (for we were travelling in that pleasantest of an . was now that the sun's heat had begun to be ways, with knapsacks), seemed to be both heavy and powerful, as we passed along the winding paths, hot; the road was dry and dusty; no springs, no making sudden turns as some huge boulder or streams, no houses ;-nothing but blackberries. I rugged hillock seemed to block the way; with am bound to confess that these were both good and glimpses of the tall wmte cliffs above us, and the blue plentiful, and but for them, we might have been all waves dancing in the sunlight below, seen through but starved.

It might' be a good idea that frames of green leaves ; the song of birds carolling when country inns are abolished (if ever they are), in the bright 'sky, and the fresh smell of flowers every village should be compelled' to see that the mingled with the faint odour of the sea all round. hedges are kept supplieCl: With blackberries of a We soon reached Bonchurch, with a hoary old similar quality, for the benefit 6ftravellers. Leaving church, and a ver.y new-looking modern one. There the inhospitable village of Pidcumb,we struck for is a curious tombstone here, with an erect cross of Rookley, attracted by the church marked on the iJ;on, the shadow of which falls on the grave below. map, but, being again deceived, went out of our. :N:ext came Ventnor, that paradise of invalids, which way to Gatcomb, and there were told that there used has risen so rapidly from a small fishing village to to be an inn, but that it had been pulled down .a large and fashionable watering place; and the about a year before-very consoling! ca.use w3.!3 evident as we looked down upon it: shut At last we begged a drink of water at a cottage, in 9)1 three sides by steep and lofty hills, only, the and got some green apples, which seemed very good. south wind can I;each the town, and even that is Part of the road from Gatcomb is sunk about eight . broken by low hills which lie between the town and feet below the fields,' and the hedges have grown up the sea. and interlaced until it is like a green tunnel; near It seemed too early for lunch, so, after looking at the end of this shady lane we got a capital view of "all the picture shops after the manner of country Carisbrooke Castle, and we agreed to look over it cousins, we climbed out of the town by a steep hill, before going into the village, which lay on the other near the foot of which is Steep Castle, where the side. The earthworks and ditches are 'very exten­ Empt;ess of Austria was then staying~ On reaching sive; about 20 acres being enclosed by the outer t,he top, we enquired for the best way to Carisbrooke, wall, w~< the castle itself covers about an acre and after' ind'iilging in some ginger-beer (a ra~h and a halI. The entrance is a very fine archc act that was quickly repented), we took a fieldpath way, between double towers, passing which we leading through Appledercombe Park, passing in climbed the lofty keep by a steep external flight in front of the large but heavy-looking Hall, of steps, and from the top could seeSandowll Bay, fomter1y the seat of the W orsleys, thus saving a the Solent, Spithead, and the towers of Osborne mile, as well as having a pleasanter road.

House~ We rambled about the ruins and clambered The fust village we came to was Godshill, a name over the walls, and saw the window from which prpbably given l:>ccause the church is built on the traditibn: says that King Charles 1." tried to escape; top <!If·a lofty mound or' rock "ivm.ch rises in. tibie then walked to the village, and as it was now

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half-past four, and we had breakfasted at six, it is not· wonderful that the bread and cheese were pro­ nounced excellent. After a rest we went on to . Newport, which nearlyjoins Carlsbrooke, where we found quarters for the night, intending to have a row on the Medina; but after going down to look at it, we turned away in disgUst, for the river (or rather what was left), was sliding in an inky stream between banks of thick black mud; so we~spent the evening in strolling about, and next morning took the train for Cowes, from which we came by steamer to Southampton, to continue our journey.

most of them practised shots, get talking over old and forthcoming jungle trips; and work themselves up to a determination, out of sheer rivalry, to outdo one another's bags-such bags being estimated, , especially by young and inexperienced sportsmen, by the number of heads, to a greater or less extent.

I add this qualifying phrase because of course the class of the game enters also into the calculation..

However, my experience is that the more .one becomes a real jungle-wallah the fewer animals one shoots. The fact is that you begin to feei a sort of proprietary right in the game, and would as soon . · think of shooting a hind saumbur, or spotted deer, or even an inferior stag, as a landowner at home would think of recklessly destroying his game; and, more­ .To the Editor of the "Vigornian." over, you are bound, or you are no true sportsman, Sir.-A friend of mine, Mr. A. W. Peet, of the Madras Forestry Department, has sent me two heads of Saumbur by the unwritten code to be learnt from large­ deer and three ofBison. He has also sent me an account of hearted masters of the craft. I could name many a the manner in which these heads were obtained, which. I think. will prove interesting to your readers. The heads grand old shikarry who would as lief shoot a sheep can be seeD in my Boarders' Hall by any who =y wish to for sport as a "scrubber," or half-grown stag-and inspect them.

Yours.very truly, it would be a long day before they would find sport W. E. BOLLAND. in that. .HERE is little to relate about the death of But it is another question when you have swept the saumbur stags. Poor saumbur! I the field with your g~ass, and suddenly find your have never known them fight, magnificent breath- come shorter and quicker despite yourself as animals though they are. However, they are fair you put up the glass again to make certain-this game, for it is by no means easy work circum­ time quite certain of a full-grown stag. No room venting-in an honest sportsmanlike manner the wily for sentiment now. You are a savage for once, as stag. I hold in contempt the systematic pot-hunter keen and ruthless as the wildest Indian that ever~ who, after the customs of the native, will sit up by . yelled a war-cry. The quarry is there j your only night at a pool, or in a fruit tree such as saumbur question .is how to stalk it. You first determine frequents, and murder the poor brutes. The only the quarter of the wind. If there is very little, game in India worth sitting up for is the tiger or as good a way as any is to wet your fore­ panther. Another class of pot-hunters are even finger and to hold it up. The slightest breath of / more detestable-namely, those who harry a jungle wind will make itself felt by rendering th~t side of with packs of mongrel curs, and shoot down your finger against which it blows colder· than the remorselessly any four-footed animal, male orfemale, rest. This determined, you have to calculate as old or young, that may chance to break cover. well as possible the changes in the course of the :Besides these pot-hunters-who cannot for a moment · wind likely to be caused by the conformation of ~he be mistaken for sportsmen-there is, I am sorry to · ground between you and your game. If the stalk say, another class of reckless shots, who are in many is a short one, your interest in the event probably' cases genuine and plucky sportsmen, but who never never flags; but if, as is often the case in hill­ withhold their hands from any game they may come shooting, the stalk involves a journey of a mile or across. The chief offenders of this class that I have two, chiefly out of sight.of ·your game, you ha;e personally met with are young officers on leave. This time to look about you, and then you are not at all .. is a grave charge to make, but there is nothing so a savage. For you cannot help admiring the view brutal as a fact, and" here be facts!' It is difficult over the valley below 'you, where the sun has not to blame them. altogether, for it is easy to under­ yet rolled away the mists, but hill-tops are. seen on stand how men pent up for months in. a caJ.ltoiunent, th~ other side rising above the level vapour, like

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islands .from a sea; and before you and around you ' is black, but there is a ,grey tinge on th~ forehead, arid is a varied picture of grass hills alternating with the they have a most gamey, appearance from the fact thaJt they have light stockings, which show out almost blackness of virgin sholah.

And yet' y6ur purpose never flags; no, you are' white in contrast with the blackness of their bodies.

PItting your skill against the, instinct' of one of the A fact which never fails to excite mywonder, however wariest of animals, a full-grown saUIilber stag.' "It many bulls I' see, is the enormous, depth of their is the conscious pride of art." And then comes the bodies, even in proportion to their heighth. 'The best "supreme moment when your stalk is ended, and you 'idea I qan give of the vastness of their proportions rest a brief space to take a surer aiID, and the 'rifle is tpat,'even after an intimate ltcquaintance with the rings forth. For one second ,you are dazed, and animal, I have on more than one occasion mistaken your sight obscured by the smoke; and then you a big bull for an elephant. It would be easy to ' hear the welcome shout of delight from 'your multiply stories about the bison, but I limit myself to shikarry, and know that your task is no botched the tale of the heads I have sent you. handiwork, but a masterpiece of woodsman's craft.

First of all to take the largest head.

The pleasure of a successful stalk and a successful I had no fight with him, but it will give you a E;hot is by no means always' one's experience-far chapter in my jungle life. I was Qn, the point of from it. Many and many a time the game has dis­ starting on a tour through the' forests, when a appeared, or your shot is ineffective; but there is no stranger came into my bungalow. He soon ex­ doubt about the pleasures of success. As you plained matters; he was a civilian travelling on swagger down, feeling several inches taller, and find 'duty with a sort of roving commission. It is beside your stag even bigger than you had pictured-and the matter to enter into details; suffice to say that hear the exclamations of delight from your grinning he wanted to leave the beaten track, and explore gun-bearers-you open your cheroot case, and have the country. Would I go 'with him ~-wouldn't the happiest smoke allotted to man in this weary 11 was my only answer. It w~s easy to counter­ world. mand my arrangements for my projected tour of The bison is a different kind of game altogether: routine duty. That would wait without prejudice; "Mightiest of all the beasts of chase and we turned our course next day to some hills in That roam in woody Caledon, my district. I love those hills. I know many Crashing the forest in his cour~e The mountain bull comes thundering on." bigger and grander shooting grounds; but none that ,"Mutatis mutandis," you cannot have a better I prefer to this one. The main charm of the place description of the resistless, headlong, hurtling we were making for, was that there was a beautiful charge of a roused bison. He is a grand and plateau; and anyone accustomed to hill-shooting ponderous animal. A big bull certainly stands will agree with me that it is an immense ~dvantage as high as six feet, measUred from the heel to the to have a~amp pitched more or lcss on a plateau'; hump, and some reports state that they are occa­ for hunting over abrupt hills is generally too toil­ sionally found as high afl. 6 feet 6 inches. Before some to be really pleasant. The plateau was not of dismissing as idle tales some of the measurements course absolutely level; but consisted of rolling made given by older sportsmen, it is well to remember grass hills, dotted with more or less large patches the fact that India has been wonderfully opened up of sholah, and intersected by many a forest-fringed of late years, and it is a very different matter strea~~' , The word "8holah" is generally applied shooting over a fast contracting area, to shooting in to tha't form of everygreen forest, the natural hal;Jitat a new and practically unlimited hunting ground. of which is at a certain height up the hills. In The cow;is much smaller, but is still a huge animal. the part of the country about which I am speaking Iremember on one occasion a friend I was shooting the evergreen forests of the lowlands merged into with being knocked down by an infuriated cow; sholah at some 3,500 feet above the level of the and he told me afterwards that he never realized sea. The plateau itself was about 4,500 feet in the size of the brute half so well, as in those few altitude. My favourite camping ground was in the moments when' she ,stood almost over him, and he middle of the plateau, at the point where a clear, was;apparentlyat her mercy. The colour of the body sparkling brook made a complete horse shoe-bend.

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The horse-shoe itself was free from jungle, being were to th~ fore. We had sent back orders to the fringed only by small shrubs, but there was a small coolies to leave the other things, and to come on to patch of forest at either extremity through which the water with their own food. To our inquiries the stream flowed. Within half a mile at the rear respecting the contents of the cooking-box, the of the camp commenced an enormous forest of butler replied-" Not much got it, sar, but one very sholah merging into evergreen growth, which swept tin simon got it, making plenty good curry." And down a valley, and continued for miles into the sure enough the simon (salmon) curry was very low cOlmtry. The' other sides of the valley was good; and with a bottle of beer each, and cheroots, connected with the plateau by a neck 9:t grass­ we managed to pass a satisfactory evening. The land at the top. This other side was remarkable servants were ~s merry as crickets; and we all slept for a series of long-winding caves, formed by soundly.

Next day we reached our camping ground on the by interstices between enormous boulders of rock which are piled one on the other, 'far down the plateau; made everything snug, and went for a stroll mountain side. I had before explored these caves, in different directions In the evening to prospect for but felt chary on subsequent visits, on account of an game. My companion saw, I believe, somesaumbur, occurrence, which I will presently describe. These and I was rewarded just before dusk by seeing some caves show signs of human habitation, and were, bison near the caves. We compared, notes, and my ~thout doubt, formerly used as a rock temple. companion elected to go next morning the way he They are the resort Of pilgrims still; but no one now had been that day, leaVing me free to try for my lives on these hills. One of the greatest peculiarities bison. , of the caves is that some of the innermost are every It is generally a great mistake for two Europeans' year covered all over with swallows' nests, made of a to go together, for each generally requires at least gelatinous substance:' in fact, I believe, they are two men to carry spare guns, &c., and the additional identical with the edible swallows' nests of China, number of men much diminishes' the chance of I gathered them many times, and used to find that stalking. :Besides, there is the fact, of spoting one they ran into a pulpy mass during the hot weather. another's to be taken into consideration. Next However, to return to our trip; for I have described morning, then, before the sun was up, I took with This number is one the ground w~ were making for, before we 4ad me three of my jungle men. arrived there. The notice was so short that the more than I usually take, but none of them' knew labour difficulty stared me in the face. For hill this part of the, country, and I thought very travelling men were absolutely necessary, for there probably we might lose our way in the big forest was the steepest of tracks to be got over; and it is that I sp~ke of as sweeping do~n the valley; and' a serious difficulty in India collecting "coolies" in such cases an extra man's advice is often usefUl enough to take your bed, table, chairs, bath, food, "I went, then, round the neck of grass land to the, liquor, cooking utensils, clothes, servants' kit, guns, grass on the cave side of the valley, and soon found ammunition, horses' food, and paraphernalia, and the track of bison, where I had seen them the night above all, the tents. To make a long story short, before. We followed up ~he trail, for these juugle we had to make a circuitous route so as to utiliZe the men are splendid trackers; and about half-past cart-road as much as possible, and pass through a seven we came into a herd of bison in the dense part of the forest where I could collect a gang of forest. I crept about for some time trying to sight jungle men. These were supplemented by some a bull, and at last made out a fair-sized, but not a , coolies from acoffee estate; which the owner, at whose ,first-class, bull However, he was worth trying for, ' house we. spent the night~ kindly lent us. Howeve~ so I took as good a shot as I could through the the upshot of all this ,was we were benighted next denSe undergrowth, and there was one frightful night before we could reach our destination, and had snort, and then the mad ~h of the herd, as they to knock up a lean-to hut, IIllide by utilizing the crashed through the jungle, bearing down saplings wall of a tent. We made asimiLir one for the like reeds, smashing over fallen and decaying logs, servants, and then anxiously asked if there was , doWn,' down, till all was again' silent. anything for dinner, for only one or 1;wo light boxes I went carefully in the line of IJJ.Y shot to see

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what was the result; and after going a short distance myself, which I did with great difficulty. These . found, to my disgust, that the bullet had struck the jungle men could really run up trees like monkeys. horizontal branch of a tree that was in the line of From my look-out I could see nothing but tree-tops, . so I came doWn, and made another try at our . fire, and must have deflected considerably.

We then searched for traces of blood, and at last course. We went on for some time, and at last· . found them; but very slight traces. In fact the came to a spot where there was a brawling stream bullet must have barely struck the animal, probably below us, and I thought it possible to get a look-out. giving a flesh wound on the leg, so far as we could :from another tree. I again asked my men, and they: judge. However I was determined to have another' again refused; so I struggled up a tree once more. try, though it is very difficult to get up to bison I was scarcely up the tree, when I heard a low. again in a heavy forest, when once thoroughly whistle, the sound of which I understood, and. startled, and' we followed on their tracks. They looked down. I saw one of the men carefully took a course [right down the vall~y, towards the pointing below him, and making signs for me to low country. We tracked on and on, with scarcely .come down. I came down as quickly as I could, a halt, till I.iooked at the time, and found it was and was afraid that the noise would have startled half-past ~ne, ~d that we must return at once, or any game.· However, I was rejoiced by the magic. we should be benighted. Oh, the weariness of an word" Rartti" (bison), and a nod of the head unsuccessful chase! when once it is certain that you' to say not gone.

I looked in the direction have failed, your spirits fail at a leap, your strength pointed out, and saw coming down the opposite flags, and you realise what it is to be tired. With bank, the noise of which b~friended me, a huge . these dismal feelings I turned to the jungle men, bull bison. The undergrowth was dense, so it was and asked them the way back. Not one of them difficult to make him out clearly, but as I saw that· knew. We were utterly lost in the fores~. This he was steadily co:rp.ing on I waited for him. He was jolly. It would almost have satisfied Mark waded through the stream, not stopping to drink, Tapley. and came straight towards us. He was browsing on I had carefully taken the bearings all the way some of the twigs, and I was in the act of firing at with a compass, and knew the direction of the his forehead, when he turned suddenly round, so as camp; but knowing the direction was a very to face down hill. As he did so, he exposed his different thingfrom knowing how to get there, for back, and for one' moment I thought of trying to we had' rounded 'numberless spurs, and unless we break his spine; but the next I thought, as he was returned our steps exactly, which we should not slightly turned, that I would try and reach hisheart have time to do, we should, probably, in trying to from above, firing through the ribs. I fired, and he take a straight course, come to' hopeless grief. rushed forward, just reaching the other side of the However, there was nothing to be done but to take stream, where we heard him fall. After a short the lead, and try the effect of a straight course. My time I crept ~arefully down, and found him stone jungle men were wonderful pathfinders in their own dead. He was. a fine bull, and the effect of a forest, ,but they are a superstitious race, and dreaded successful shot reacted wonderfully on us. these hill tracts, so. that for the time they were We all became much more sprightly. I served utterly off their heads. My straight course brought some grog all round out of my flask, and we all had me to the edge of one of the spurs that roll down a smoke",.and started on our way rejoicing, for we .the 'mountain side into the valley, and I turned to had time to lose. My men" pulled themselves the jilligle men and asked one of. them to climb a together," and after some time we struck our old . tracks of the morning, and followed them back. We tree; ,and look out to see if he could see any grass. had carefully marked our course from the dead bison land. To my dismay they were so thoroughly by blazing trees. It was, however, a long journey cOW:6d~hat the;y all declared they could not climb a' evel} then, but we reached camp just before nighttree.' ';l'he fact is, that they dared not in their faH. ;e;ere I found my cOlI)panion, who had been This was also; iU/.s)lcce!Jsful. Re had seen nothing in the early part pJ:esent s,t!tt~,;m"t~ strange forest. jolly;.; .. , oJof,the,61ay but a huge wild boar in the distance, but 1'h,~fil"""'9.Jf&iliQthing for it bnt,to clim'b~~e' abQut ,twelve ('>'clock he had seen a solitary bull

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He returned to camp, as his men declared they did not know the jungle, and got some fresh men, and tracked the bull for some distance. It was probably the very bull I afterwards stumbled across and shot. However, I shall never forget his unselfish reception of the news that I had bagged a bulL There was no mistaking the genuine ring of the words, "l3ravo, I am glad you have been successful" ',,;.

My experience is that out of every hundred sports­ men, placed in similar circumstances, on the average ninety-nine and a half would have been jealous more or less. Next day I sent down most of the men to collect the meat: and as we had not enough men to eat it, and I hate wasting good food, 'I sent a message to a few jungle men, who lived at the foot .of the hills, to come up and have a feed. It was rather late in the afternoon when these men ap­ peared, and the others had not yet returned; so I hardly knew what to do with them., However, I explained as well as I could the direction in which the others would come; and though I advised them to wait in camp, they said they would go round to the direction of the caves and try to meet the others coming back from the forest. They had not gone very long, when I saw some heavy mists beginning to creep over the hills: and as the last corners had told me they had never been up to this place before, I thougnt I would follow them, and call them back" for I knew from bitter experience the impossibility of finding one's way if the mists got very dense.

I therefore picked up my ri:fl.e and t90k a couple of cartridges, and went out after them. I had gone round near the caves, and as I could not see them, commenced yelling out the cooee, the cry to which they were accustomed. I had cooeed several times at the top of my voice, when I saw,' stalking across from the direction of a huge boulder towards the forest, an unrilistakeable tiger. The beast looked oyer his shoulder at me, and made ahorrible grimace, and stalked on and disappeared in the jungle. I did not :fire, for the distance was about 250 yards, and I had only a couple of cartridges with me. In fact I felt uncoID..D1only glad to get quit of the brute.

However, as this boulder iI3 just above the caves, it is easy to understand my being chary, as I said above, of exploring these caves too closely after that event. , I got the' new-comers safely back to camp; but my other men spent the night in the forest, having a regular feed, and did not come back to camp till the next morning, when they came back gorged to repleti01;l, but eaCh carrying a big bundle of meat.

They finished every ounce of the carcase before they had done. They do not mind about its being rather high. So much for that bull.

j)tnus Dlt tht .1\.t£hittdUrt 1Tf mwrusut ([a:thdmtL ~N penning these Notes, we wish at the outset ~ to disclaim any ambitious design of producing

a complete and detailed account of the various points of interest and beauty to be found in the architecture of our Cathedral Such detailed accounts will be- found in Murray's "Handbook to' the Western Cathedrals," in Professor Willis's "Architectural History of Worcester Cathedral," and in the pages of l3ritton and Wild and others, who have made the Cathedral their special study.

Our huni.bler aim it is to give such hints as to the character of the architecture, and to supply such an historical outline of the growth of the fabric as may hel:e. our readers (most of whom have a daily opportunity of obs61ving the Cathedral) to take an intelligent interest in that noble church, With which our School is so closely connected.' For the sake of the uninitiated, -we may be allowed to mention, that there' are four main styles of architecture, each possessing distinctive features o~ its own, known r~spectively as the Norman, the Early English, the Decorated, and the Perpendicular. The Norman style, as its name suggests, was introduced into England about the time of thc Norman Conquest, . and prevailed till about the end of the 12th century.

This style may be known by the massive¥ess and solidity of its masonry, by the round arches, which form one of its distinctive features, separating it off from the three Pointed styles which succeeded it, and by the richness and variety of the mouldings. which adorn its doorways. .A fine example of this may be seen in the entrance to our cloisters from the College-green. The three remaining styles-the Early English, the Decorated, and the Perpen­ dicular-which represent, speaking roughly, the architecture of the 13th, 14th, and 15th centuries respectively, though possessing many points which enable the architectural student to at once dis­ criminate them one from another, must nevertheless be looked upon as being the result of a gradual . development and expansion of the principles, which lie at the root of all Gothic architecture as distinct from Classical .And so the change from one style G"<TO

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the year 1084. We are also told in the annals to~another was in fact gradual, and hence buildings, which belong to a period when one of these changes compiled by a monk of Worcester at the beginning took place, will be found to partake in some degree , of the '14th century, that in A.D. 1092 Wulfstan of the characteristics of each of the two styles, which held a synod in the crypt, which he had "built :find a meeting point at that time. In this way from the foundations, and by the mercy of God had ,. we get what are called Transition styles, that dedicated." Three years after this Wulfstan died, I between the Norman and the Early English being and about a hundred years later, owing to miracles: the most marked, and iD. consequence having almost reputed to have taken place at his shrine, he was ' appropriated to itself the name Of Transition. A canonized as a saint by Pope Innocent IlL His good example of this Transition style may be seen church meanwhile had undergone som13 vicissitudes. at the west end of the nave of our Cathedral, in the In 1113, it was injured by a great fire whichhappened two last bays, as the spaces between the several, in Worcester. In 1175, the "new tower"~pro_ piers, or clusters of columns, are called. Here will bably the l5l:eat central tower-fell. In 1202, the be found a combination of round and pointed arches, Cathedral, having esca~ed another grea~fire in 1189, of,Norman zig-zag moulding, with columns which which burnt down nearly the whole ofWorcester, have much of the character of Early English. Of was itself almost entirely destroyed by fire, together \ pure Norman architecture but little remains in our with the buildings attached to it. And now the Cathedral church itsel£ Some arched recesses in monks had to collect money to rebuild their church. the south aisle of the nave, a shaft or column Doubtless they werfil much helped by the offerings supporting the roof of the, ntJrth aisle, and two made by the many pilgrims, who now began to !IDe ornamental arches in the western transepiis, one flock to the shrine of S. W ulfstan. In the year behind Bishop Hough's Monument, and theothetl 1207, King John paid a visit to Worcester, on separating the transept on the south side from what which oc~asion he contributed 300 marks towards is now known as S. John's Chapel-these are about the repair of the Cathedral. In 1216 he was the only remains of true Norman architecture to be buried here, having, as our history tells us, found in the church itself. But when VIe descend "beqlieathed his. body to S. Wulfstan." In 1218, into the crypt, we find a very:fine example of plain a solemn assembly of bishops, abbots, and nobles Norman work. The crypt, which was built by was held at Worcester, the young King Henry IU Bishop Wulfstan, about A.D. 1090, is certainly one being present, on which occasion the Cathedral was of the most interestmg and' effective of those dedicated" in honour of the Blessed Virgin and S. belonging to our English Cathedrals. Some early Peter, and of the' Holy Confessors Oswald and Norman work is also to be seen in the passage Wulfstan." In 1224, the existing choir and Lady leading from the cloisters to the site of the former Chapel were commenc~d, together with the eastern Guesten Hall and the Prior's House. And, as we transepts and the choir aisles, all of which belong to have before noticed, the doorway leading into the the best period of Early English. This part of the cloisters from the College-green is pure N o=an of building, we venture to think, will bear comparison the best period. The Chapter House again is of with some of the finest of our Cathed~ai churches.

- late Norman, with the exception of the windows, The high. poised arches, supported by masses of which :were inserted'early in the 16th century. In clustered columns, with their graceful capitals the interlacing arcade arches may be seen an example of bol~;Y executed foliage, the effect being heightened of what has been supposed by some to. have by tlii judicious interposition of shafts of dark suggested the pointed arch, the several intersecting Purbeck marble; the triforium above, with its se~circles forming angles similar to that of the miniature arches and columns corresponding to Early English arch. There is also some transition those below, and its background of well-designed N P=f!'ll work in the passage leading to the library,. arcade work, and. still higher, the lofty clerestory, at the: north-west corner of the cloisters: These with its triple-arched and deeply-recessed windows then ~re relics of the Norman church and, its -all this fo=s a ha=onious whole, which must s'!Jn'oundings" founded by Bishop Wulfstan, who, ever delight the eye of the lover of architecture.. ,as >ye are told,'" began the, work of the minster " in The choir then, with 1;he. surrounding parts, we

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The historical Queen's features of interest belonging to the several styles of College carol, "The Boar's Head," terminated the first A quintette from Mozart, taken by Messrs F. Gothic architecture to be found in and about our part.

Griffiths, d'Egville, Binns, H. Griffiths, and H. George Cathedral, it is time that we brought these Notes to opened the second part. "She wore a wreath of roses,': well sung by W. C. Harber, and a quartette, "The daWn. 'a close. We cannot but fear, lest, while endeavour­ of day," taken by G. Blandford. F. Coombs, B. 'Vynniatt, and E. J or~n succeeded. The next two items proved ing to treat our subject in as popular a manner as very attractlve. The one was the well-known musical possible, we may not have altogether escaped the setting of Tennyson's " Brook," sung by Hill, and encored.

The other was the Figaro song'of Rossini, in which Mr. imputation of dullness. We must be content if we Stoyle was as "active and sprightly" as ever. He, too, was encored. "The Chorister" 'Was exquisitely rendered have succeeded in arousing the interest of one or two by Blandford, a retiring member of the Cathedral Choir. 'of our readers in a subject, which, by a very slight The venerable tones of "Dulce Domum" fell with all their w~nted c~eerin~s~ D:0m the choir,!, but unfortunately degree of knowledge, may be made a source of the audlence did not Jom m the chorus. After the National Much will Anthem, cheers for the ladies, the masters, and the Rev. E. unfailing delight and instruct{o~.

V. Hall, were given,' and the company.separated. indeed have been achieved, if any have been brought to look,with a more discriminating eye upon our . . ~£abin.g. grand old Cathedral, as being in fact an imperish­ "-"-"~N~PIRED by the success of our concert we were mduced to close the Lent-term with another able record of the religious and artistic life and ent!!rtainment, in the shape of a "Reading,". growth of the English Church and Nation.. . """' .consisting of readings, recitations, and songs­

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Canon Barry, the Rev. E. V. Hall, and Dr. r.iidecke, . kindly volunteering to help us. A large number of <:ij];h£ parents and friends assembled to hear 0liI' performance, UR First School Concert ~as given at the close. and some difficulty was found in providing accommodation of the Christmas Term 1879, with a success for all who held tickets for the first seats. The readinO's and recitations were received with loud applause, whil';;t which surpassed our most sanguine hopes. the style in which the recitations were delivered showed • Many of the old bo;lys took part in the glees and that the trouble bestowed on them had borne good instrumental pieces. . . ' fruit.

The following was the pt:ogramme arranged : ­ The entertainment opened with the well-known glee, 'Part I.-Carols, "Good King Wenceslas" (Helmore.)

"Since first I saw thy face."

Minchall next gave a ." Good Christian men, rejoice." .Solo piano, "Fragment" (Mendelssohn), J. Martin.

Song, " The Arethusa" recitation, "The cat and goldfish," which was well A ., reading, by HeIl' Liidecke, from the (Shield), Mr. R. Newth. Quartette, "Oh, hush thee, my . received. babie" (Arthur S. Sullivan), A. Hilt W. Harber, W. "Merchant of Venice," was warmly applauded. The "Moravian Minstrels' Hymn," was effectively recited by Mitchell, and J. Martin. Song," London. Bridge" (J. L. . MollW"), E., D. Jordan. Trio-Andante and Rondo­ De Spalier. The song, "The minstrel boy," by Hill 'I., was encored, as was also the recitation, "The old clock (Had)'n), Messrs. Newth, d'Egville, and H. T. George. on the stairs," by Wright. The Rev. E. V. Hall gave Far,t song, "Blue bells of Scotland," the Choir. Solo, "Banks of Allan Water," F. H. Coombs. Violin and a reading from" Pickwick." Littlebury I. and II. were very successful in a recitation from Richard the II. The Piano. (Mozart) , P. Quarterman and Rev. E-. V. Hall. song, "The leather bottel,'" by Jordan, was loudly .

Carol, "The Boar's Head," the Choir.

Part ·II.-Quintette-Larghetto-(Mozart): Clarionet, encored. A recitation, "Nongtongpaw," by Quilter n., Mr. F. Griffiths; violin (1st), Mr. d'Egville j violin wl!ich was again encored, was followed by the glee, (2nd), Mr. Binnsj viola, Mr. H. Griffiths; viollit-· "The Roast Beef of Old England," and then by Coombs' cello, Mr. H. T. George. Song," She wore a wreath recitation, "The Curate and the Mulberry Tree," which "Come, lasses and lads," was of rases" (~iss N orcott), W. C. Harber. Quartette, caused great laughter.

Littlebury III. and IV. " The dawn of day" (Reay), G. Blandford, J. Coombs, B. very nicely sung by Harber.

Wynniatt, andE. Jordan. Song, "The Brook" (Dolores), gave the recitation,"The Spider and the Fly," which Hill. Buffo song," Largo al Factotum" (Rossini), Mt:.. brought.... forth rounds of applause. The Rev. Canon Stoyle. Glee, "Seeour oars" (SirJ. Stevenson), the Choir: Barry i.ead, with" remarkable farce and humour, "The Song, "Only for thee" (J. L. Roeckel), Mr. R. Newth. Pastor, the Squire, and the Donkey." Little, Martin, and Violin solo, "Barcarolle" (Spohr), Mr, d'Egville. Song, Jordan recited an 11 Autumn Idyll," and the programme "The Chorister" (A. Sullivan); G. W. Blandford. part song closed with the glee, "Men of Harlech,'" and the and chorus, "Dulce Domum" (V. Novello), Choir and " National Ari.them."

The proceeds, about £1I, were added to the school-piano. audience. "God Save the Queen."-Conductor, Rev. E. fund.

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A very good opening was effected by the singing of the two carols, "Good King Wences!ils," and· "Good t' ~ t .Christian men,rejoice." Mr. R. Newth sang Shield's ,(:\..I. £ tt ~por 5. grand old song, "The Arethusa," with an honest ring and HE Annual Athletic Sports were held on April a freshness of touch here and there which did not fail to 7th and 8th; under different arrangements from tell upon the 'audiellce. Mr. Sullivan's qumette, "0, those which have fornierly been adhered to. It hush thee,my babie," was taken by H. Hill, W. :fIarbe;r, was usually the custom to hold them.in the W. Mitchell. and J. Martin. This most exquisite' of· . school field at Diglis; this year the field chosen was the

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The races were contested very keenly, the judges, in two cases, being unable to decide between the first and second winners.

The management of the proceedings was in the hands of the following :-Judges: Rev. D. H. W. Sampson and Dr. Liidecke. Starter: Mr. W. Caldicott. Stewards: General Atlay, Mr. R. W. Binns, Mr. W. H. d'Egville, Mr. \V. Holland, Rev. M. Day, Mr. F. Grainger, Mr. H. Caldicott, Captain Webb, Mr:A. Everill, and.Jihe Masters of the School. Timekeeper; A. W. De Spailier. Com­ mittee: J. Little, J. Bullmore, A. Lucy, A. Campbell, R. Coates. Hon. Sec.: F. R. Quitter. ' On ,the first day the mile race, junior cricket-ball throwing, and the preliminary heats in the 120 yards' handicap, were disposed of.

On the second day there was a good attendance. The we3ther was cold, but the rain kept off till the distribution of the prizes.

The following were the results : MiLE RACE.-First prize, cup; 2nd, cricket bag and ball.

F. R. Quilter, 1 ; R. Coates, 2 ; F. A. George, 3. There were seven starters, but Quitter kept the lead from the beginning, and won after a good r~ce by six yards. George was only defeated by a foot for second place. Time, 5 mill. 19 sec.

THROWTNG THE CRICKET BAr"L (JUN,IoRS.)-Prize, com­ bination stick, presented by'Mr. Plum. Mitchell won with a throw of 58 yds. 1 ft.

THROWING THE CRICKET BALL (SENIORS). - Prize, dressing case.

This was won by Little, with the really splendid throw of 101 yds. 2 ft. Coates was second.

ONE HUNDRED YARDS' RACE, UNDER 13.-Prize, a cup.

Five entered for this, an exciting struggle resulting in a tie between Knott and Waddington.

On running again the latter easily beat his opponent. .

ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY YARDS, "OpliN.~Prize, a cup. Little, 1; Malpas, 2. Won very easily~ Two HUNDRED YARDS' HANDICAP, UNDER 12.-Prize, a cup. Weldin, from scratch, won a close race in 29~ secs.

HIGH JUMP, OPEN.-Prize,a cup, presented by Mr. F. Grainger.

There were five entries for this, the favourite contest at our sports. At 4 ft. 6 in. two ofthe competitors retired, and the result was left between F. A. George and Coates. The odds were in favour of ~he latter as being much the bigger of the two, but George jumped with much greater skill than his antagonist, and won with a capital leap of 4 ft. 11 in. ' ' , SACK RACE, 120 YARDs.-Prize, a book, presented by Mr. Deighton.. W. J ones, who is a proficient at this kind oflocomotion, won very easily.

QUARTER MILE, OPEN.-First prize, cup, presented by Mr. Binns j 2nd, cup, presented by Mr. Skarratt; 3rd, gold studs.

F. Quitter, 1; Little, 2 ; Coates, 3.

Little led the greater part of the way, but could not keep up the pace, and had to yield to Quitter, who kept, himself more in reserve. Time, 55~ secs. ' ' LONG JUMP, UNDER 15.-Prize, a cup, presented by Mr. Manning. A. Hill secured this with a jump ofl2 ft. 10 in.

Weldin was second.

LONG JUMP, OPEN.-Prize, a cup. This was won by Quilter, who cleared 15 ft. 9 in. Coates was second.

QUARTEB MILE, UNDER 15.-First prize, a 'cup; 2nd, silver studs. Mitchell, 1; Baylis, 2 ; Waddington (IL) 3.

Time, 71 secs.

HANDICAP, 120 YARDS, OPEN.-lst, prize, clock; 2nd, a cup; 3rd, opera glass. First heat: Mitchell, 1 ; Coates,2; Minchall and J. Waddington,3. Second heat: Quilter, 1; H. Waddington, 2; Baylis, 3. Third Heat: Hopkins, 1; Malpas, 2; Jones, 3. Four~h heat: Litf:le, 1:; George, f; Weldin and Knott, 3. Fmal heat: Little (scratch), 1; , Malpas (2 yds.), 2; Quilter (2 yds.), 3. Time, 12~ secs.

OLD Boys' HANDICAP, 220 YARDS.-lst prize, inkstand; 2nd, case, presented byMr. Latty. F. J ones, with 23 yds. start, won very eilsilY';,:H. T. George (9 yds.), being second. Time, 241 secs.

HIGH Ju~[P, UNDER IS.-Prize, gold pencil, givenby

Mr. Holland. After an excit~ng contest Baylis and Weldih

tied at 3 ft. III in., bey:ond which neither could get; HALF-Mu,E HANDICAP.-lst,prize, cup; 2nd, telescope; 3,rd, lawn tennis racquet.' Quit~r (10 yards), ,1; George' (30 yards); 2; Wynne (120 yards), 3. Time, 2 min. 20 sec~.

ONE HUNDRED YARDS, UNDER 15.-Prize, silver chain.

Eight competitors entered for this race, A. Hill winning rather easily. ' ,PREPARATORY, 100 YARDs.-Prize, a cup, which was won by E. Webb.'

HURDLE RACE, 120 YARDS, OPEN.-Prize, a cup, pre­ sented by Mr. Cooper. Coates won easily.

Three cOI\Solation prizes were won respectively by Minchall, Waddington, and·Rnott. ' In several instances the prizes were not claimed by the· winners, as it is a lately enforced rule atonr sports that no boy shall take more than three prizes. In these cases they were awarded to those who came nearest to the winners.

The Champion Prize for' best aggregate performances' ,was awarded to Quitter.

The prizes were distributed by Mrs. Bolland, to whom a hearty vote of thanks was recorded, upon the motion of Dr. Ltidecke. The Rev. W. E. Bolland, head master, acknowledged the complinlent, and the proceedings concluded with cheers for the ladies, the donors of prizes, and the masters of the SChOl1.

During the' afternoon the band of the Worcestershire Rifles, under the leadership of Mr. E. Perks, performed a ­ selection of music. ;I'he arrangements of the course were admirably carried out by Mr. Flowers.

ATHLETIC SPORTS ACCOUNTS. RECEIPTS : ­ Subscriptions •• Entrance F~es Sale of Progra=es Collected at Gate

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UR Annual Speeches and Prize Distribution were held on Thursday, July 29th. The Dean (Lord Alwyne Compton, D.D.), presided. e regret to state that our late Head Master (Rev. M. Day) was unavoidably prevented by previous engagements from being present among us. ' The following programme was first rendered :-" N a­ tional Anthem," Trio," Hark, 'tis the Indian Drum." "lEneid, Book IV," (Virgil)-Dido, Minchall; lEneas Arthure. "Napoleondan sa tente" (Casinlir Delavigne)'-: Little. Glee," The Blue BelhwfScotland." "Anthony's Funeral Oration" (Sho.kespere),-Fulshaw. "Hecuba" (Euripides)-Hecuba,.Jordan; Polyxena, Martin; Odus-' seus, .Arthilr~~ Glee," Breathll Soft ye Winds.-" "L'Echo Singulier," .Quilter ii ""Critic" (Sheridan)-Puff, Jordan; Dangle, Little; Sneer, Wvnniatt.'" Characters in the trag~dy by junior boys-;-Sh. C. Raleigh, Wright; Sir Chnstopher Hattan, Littlebury i;' Eart 'of Leicester, CooI'ilbs.' 'Glee, "Come out 'tis now"Se'pt€n;lber." , ..

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