teaches the art and science of pugilism.

35 Savager, a livery-stable keeper, who formerly used to
keep a good tandem or two for hire, but on the interference
of the head master, who interdicted such amusements as
dangerous, they have been put down in Eton.

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But's very shy of lending,
Since she put down her tandem _drag_,{36}

For fear of Keates offending.
But if you want to splash along

In glory with a _ginger_,{37}
Or in a Stanhope come it strong,

Try Isaac Clegg,{38} of Windsor.
If o'er old father Thames you'd glide,

And cut the silvery stream;
With Hester's{39} eight oars mock the tide,

He well deserves a _theme_.
There's Charley Miller, and George Hall,{40}

Can beasts and birds restore, sir;
And though they cannot bark or squall,

Look livelier than before, sir.
Handy Jack's {41} a general blade,

There's none like Garraway, sir;
Boats, ducks, or dogs, are all his trade,

He'll fit you to a say, sir.

36 DR A G, London slang for tilbury, dennet, Stanhope, &c.

37 A GINGER, a showy, fast horse.

38 Isaac Clegg is in great repute for his excellent turn
outs, and prime nags; and, living in Windsor, he is out of
the jurisdiction of the head master.

39 Hester's boats are always kept in excellent trim. At
Eton exercise on the water is much practised, and many of
the scholars are very expert watermen: they have recently
taken to boats of an amazing length, forty feet and upwards,
which, manned with eight oars, move with great celerity.
Every Saturday evening the scholars are permitted to assume
fancy dresses; but the practice is now principally confined
to the steersman; the rest simply adopting sailors' costume,
except on the fourth of June, or election Saturday, when
there is always a grand gala, a band of music, and
fireworks, on the island in the Thames.

40 Miller and Hall, two famous preservers of birds and
animals; an art in high repute among the Etonians.

41 A famous boatman, duck-hunter, dog-fighter; or,
according to the London phrase--good at everything.

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Tom New {42} in manly sports is old,

A tailor, and a trump, sir;