We had the prettiest Mrs.Peel in our boat and Mrs.Joseph Chamberlain, who was Miss Endicott and who is very sweet and pretty.

We raced the other punts and rowboats and soon, after much splashing and exertion, reached the head of the river.

Then we went to, tea in New College and to see the sights of the different colleges now on the Thames.

The barges of the colleges, painted different colors and gilded like circus band-wagons and decorated with coats of arms and flying great flags, lined the one shore for a quarter of a mile and were covered by girls in pretty frocks and under-grads in blazers.

Then the boats came into sight one after another with the men running alongside on the towpath.