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laid entirely without her knowledge or con- 

 sent, and that it came to nothing. 

 The Arrow I must now turn for a moment 

 lleHca, from hunting to yachting, at least so 

 1852 - far as it is connected with that good 



sportsman Mr. Chamberlayne, and his cele- 

 brated yacht the Arrow. Mr. Chamberlayne 

 bought the old shell, lying on the shore of the 

 Itehen, full of mud and water, in the year 

 1846. She was then on the point of being 

 broken up. Mr. Chamberlayne purchased it 

 merely to obtain her midship section as a 

 guide to a vessel he intended building ; but 

 finding her timbers so sound, and of course 

 so thoroughly seasoned, he determined to re- 

 store her midships, and carry out his own 

 lines from it. She was finished the following 

 spring, and sailed for the Royal Yacht Squa- 

 dron prize round the Isle of Wight in August, 

 and beat the Dryad and two others by four 

 hours and a half. In 1852, she achieved a 

 national victory in beating the overrated 

 America for the Queen's Cup round the 

 Isle of Wight, the course being longer than 

 that sailed by the America when she won in 

 1851, and in two hours and ten minutes less 

 time. The Arrow sailed with her old sails, as 



