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dozen or more of these well known characters may be seen
loitering in front of the college every morning, making
their arrangement with their pupils, the _Oppidans_, for a
day's sport, to commence the moment school is over. They
formerly used to occupy a seat on the low wall, in front of
the college, but the present headmaster has recently
interfered to expel this assemblage; they still, however,
carry on their destructive intercourse with youth, by
walking about, and watching their opportunity for
communication. The merits of these worthies are here
faithfully related, and will be instantly recognised by any
Etonian of the last thirty years.
2 _PROS_. Eton college is governed by a provost, vice-
provost, six fellows, a steward of the courts, head-master,
and a lower, or second master; to which is added, nine
assistant masters, and five extra ones, appointed to teach
French, writing, drawing, fencing, and dancing. The school
has materially increased in numbers within the last few
years, and now contains nearly five hundred scholars, sons
of noblemen and gentlemen, and may be truly said to be the
chief nursery for the culture of the flower of the British
nation.
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