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has about one thousand students in attendance at the present day; 
and many of our greatest statesmen, warriors, and other eminent 
and distinguished men have been numbered among its scholars. 
It consists of many spacious edifices designed to meet the require- 
ments of such a noble institution. Broadgreen Meadows, in 
which are many stately trees of great height and girth of stem, 
are the famous “ Playing Fields” of the College, and occupy a 
beautiful level site between it and the Thames. The poet Gray 
thus sings of Eton and its environs— 
** Ye distant spires, ye antique towers, 
That crown the watery glade, 
Where grateful science still adores 
Her Henry’s holy shade ; 
And ye, that from the stately brow 
Of Windsor heights, th’ expanse below 
Of grove, of lawn, of.mead survey: 
Whose turf, whose shade, whose flowers among, 
Wanders the hoary Thames along - 
His silvery winding way.” 
St GrorGce’s AND ALBERT MEMORIAL CHAPELS. 
The party having explored most of the prominent features of 
interest in Windsor and Eton, and around them, in the early 
morning, breakfasted, and were ready to proceed again to the 
Castle by half-past eight o’clock, to complete the inspection of 
those portions of the Royal residence which were postponed for 
want of time to see them on the previous day. The sun again 
shone out brilliantly as the members mustered on the Castle Hill, 
and it continued to do so throughout the day with an almost tropical 
heat. Starting prompt to time, the first visit was made to St 
George’s Chapel—the party having again the benefit of the 
guidance of Mr Leonard Collmann and a number of the officials 
at the chapel to give explanations of the many objects of interest 
in it. The chapel is one of the most beautiful specimens 
of Gothic architecture in the country, and with its elegant 
proportions, its beautifully stained windows, the deeply 
interesting memorials of bygone ages, and the banners and 
shields of the Knights of the Garter with which the chancel is 
adorned, the party were lost in admiration. Willingly would 
they have spent a much longer time amid its stately grandeur 
“and reposeful surroundings. We passed from St George’s to the 
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