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English Drama, as well as pieces of a lighter 
character, are constantly presented on the stage of 
the New Theatre. 
To the boating man the river offers an endless 
variety of amusement and exercise. On the broad 
bosom of the Thames in the afternoons of term- 
time he may hear 
‘ The swift and rhythmic throb of racing oars,’ 1 
where contests between eight-oared and other 
crews are constantly taking place, in addition to 
the annual races which are rowed in the Lent and 
Summer Terms, 
‘ When Isis is glad with the “ Eights ” ’ 2 
and covering a period of a week in each case. 
There is a great store of boats of all kinds let out 
at very reasonable rates, and, should his taste 
run in the direction of quiet rather than to the 
bustle and activity of the Isis, he may explore the 
winding Cherwell, and, moored in his punt, watch 
.‘ Deep-bosomed in some cool retreat, 
The long reed grasses nod and greet 
The stream that murmurs as it goes ’ 3 
or the flashing kingfisher as he darts on his prey. 
Or should he prefer the more thrilling excitement 
1 J. Williams. 2 A. Lang. 3 W. L. Courtney. 
of sailing, the upper reaches of the Thames, 1 
stretching away to the ruins of Godstow Nunnery, i 
will afford him plenty of scope for sport of that ? 
kind and ample choice of ‘ centreboards ’; or here \ 
again in more restful mood he may lie i 
‘ Mid wide grass meadows which the sunshine fills, » 
And watch the warm, green-muffled Cumnor Hills’ 4 f 
For the disciples of Izaak Walton the numerous I 
branches of the Thames afford variety of sport, * 
and when tired of practising the contemplative f 
man’s recreation and * 
‘ Attending of his trembling quill,’ 5 
he may make a pilgrimage to Brasenose College 
and pay his respects to the portrait of a famous 
angler and fisher of men, Dr. Nowell, of St. 
Paul’s, who is there painted to the life, his hat 
girt about with fishing lines ; or if he wishes for a 
time to change places with the fish he has landed, 
he may easily reach many good bathing-places, 
and notably ‘ Parson’s Pleasure,’ dear to many 
generations of Oxford men. 
For golfers there are four excellent links in 
the neighbourhood ; at Cowley, one mile East of 
the city; at Frilford Heath, about 7 miles away 
to the West; on Radley Common, 3 miles to the 
4 M. Arnold. 5 Sir H. Wotton. 
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