Collegers V. Oppidans

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Excerpt from Collegers V. Oppidans: A Reminiscence of Eton LifeLock-up (subarea?) boat. The lock-up boat is a private skiff chartered for the boating-season at a cost of 51. It is distinguished from the chance boat in that the subscriber to the latter pays 21. Ton, but must take his chance of any boat that happens to be unhired at the time he wants to row or scull, and has not the exclusive right to any particular boat. The cost of a lock-up, may be shared by two friends, that of a chance boat cannot be. The word lock up, taken in another sense, indicates the hour at which boys must be back to their tutors' houses of an evening. This hour varies according to the season - the extremes being pm. At midsummer, and 5 pm. During November and December.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.