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3. (p. 159) Sandford lasher: a ‘lasher’ comprises both the water rushing over a weir, and the pool below into which it falls. Sandford Lock has one of the deepest falls on the Thames.
Chapter 19
1. (p. 165) penny nap: a card game.
2. (p. 165) Volunteers: the Victorian equivalent to the Territorial Army, established in 1859.
3. (p. 167) Alhambra: the most famous of all Victorian music halls, sited on the north-east corner of Leicester Square. Moorish in style, it started life as an exhibition centre, but was converted into a music hall in 1860. Among those who appeared there were Blondin, the tightrope-walker, and Leotard, ‘the daring young man on the flying trapeze’.
Table of Contents
Cover
About The Author
Title page
Copyright Page
Contents
Introduction
Notes
Further Reading
THREE MEN IN A BOAT
Preface to the First Edition
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Notes