as of a different fibre, being chiefly remarkable
for the amount of treacle tarts which he could consume, at the shop of
the once well-known "Sally Dickinson;" the third brother, Robert, entered
the navy.

We may here mention, as evidence of the hard work which was done under
Dr. Smith's system, a feat of memory performed by two brothers among the
senior boys, Thomas and Alfred Cammack, which the present writer well
remembers, as he was present as a small boy when it occurred.
"Repetition," of one kind or another, was required of all boys; but these
two repeated to the Master from memory, the whole of the first book of
Milton's _Paradise Lost_ (798 lines), Thomas with only three promptings,
and Alfred with five. Another boy, Sidney Bousfield, did the same with
nine or ten promptings. Thomas Cammack walked his hospital in London,
and eventually became a consulting physician of some eminence, residing
at Boston; Alfred died early. Sydney Bousfield went out to India, and
died some years ago.

Two pupils, Holland and Forge, who came to study with the Doctor, of more
mature years than the ordinary scholars, were "crack shots," and welcomed
at many of the shooting parties in the neighbourhood. A third, Frank
Richardson, who was an ardent fox hunter, had his horse brought to the
door weekly, on the day when the meet was nearest, and was always among
the foremost in the field. He was, further, a great athlete, and would
follow the hounds on foot, and not seldom be in at two deaths in the day,
several miles apart; of him, it is related, that he leapt the school-yard
wall, nearly 7-ft. high. There were many more who were trained by the
Doctor to serve their generation worthily in various capacities, but let
these suffice as a sample of his influence.

The Under Masters whose services he enlisted were, further, not unworthy
of him. We will name one or two.

The first Under Master of whom the present writer has any knowledge was
Thomas Myddelton. He was by birth a gentleman, being connected with the
very old family of the Myddelton Biddulphs of Chirk Castle, North Wales,
who have now dropped the latter name, retaining only the Myddelton.
Thomas Myddelton's father, John M. (then dead), had been Rector of
Bucknall, in this neighbourhood, 1804-34; his grandfather, also named
Thomas, having been Vicar of Melton Mowbray; he (John M.) having been an
Exhibitioner of St. Paul's School, London, graduated B.A. at Sidney
Sussex Co