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A sepia photograph of The Weld Boathouse at Harvard University on the Charles River in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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the Weld boat house. All sculling is done from here. There are frequently twenty or thirty boats to be seen out in front at once, and over a hundred people must scull every day.

A sepia photograph of the Newell Boathouse on the Charles river in Boston, Massachusetts.

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The river with the Newell, or varsity, boat house on the right. As at Oxford, nearly all the eights go out from here. There are no other varsity boat houses except the Weld.

A sepia photograph of a boat called the Leviathan, a teaching boat, on the Charles river in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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The Leviathan again. This is probably the second day of rowing for these absolute beginners. The work doesn't seem to be too heavy, and I am told that the beginners like it.

A sepia photograph of a boat called the Leviathan on the Charles river in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Another view of the Leviathan in action.

A sepia photograph of a boat called the Leviathan, a teaching boat, with eleven rowing and two coaches on board. The picture is taken on the Charles river in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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The "Leviathan" to teach Freshmen to row. It holds sixteen oarsmen, but is surprisingly light. The coach walks up and down the plank in the middle. The coach here (with the cap on) is Bert Haines, who has met Steve.

A sepia photograph of Blake, the boatman for The Weld boathouse, sitting in a sculling tub. The picture is taken on the Charles river in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Blake in the sculling - tub.

A sepia photograph of Blake sitting in a sculling tub on the Charles river in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Blake, the boatman at the Weld boathouse in the tub. He is very interested in English rowing and says that the only way to row is to get in and ' move the boat.' Or other words, he believed in Fairbairnism!

A sepia photograph of a sculling tub sitting in the water by the wharf. The picture is taken on the Charles river in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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The sculling tub. A long wharf is built out into the water from the boathouse, and this is attached to the wharf, pointed in towards the shore. The sculls are cut away in the centre rather too much, I think.