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The chief amusement of Westminster boys is boating; for which the proximity of the Thames affords great advantages; also cricket, racket, quoits, sparring, foot-races, leaping, and single-stick.

From Harper's Young People, April 27, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various

There is boating, and the river looks quite gay with boats with striped and colored awnings to protect the fair ones from the sun.

From Floyd Grandon's Honor by Douglas, Amanda Minnie