Chapter1- Oxford: A part of the journey Flashcards
How many days did the travelers spent at Oxford?
The travelers spent two pleasant days at the town of Oxford.
What was the name of the narrators dog? How many fights did he/she have on the first and second day? Where did he/she evidently thought of reaching.
The name of the narrators dog was Montmorency. He had eleven fights on the first day and fourteen fights on the second day. He evidently thought of reaching heaven.
For what kind of people is it a common practice to hire a boat at Oxford and row down according to the author?
For folk people who are constitutionally weak, lazy and who do not relish up stream work, it is a common practice to hire a boat at Oxford and row down according to the author.
What has the author suggested the people who think of making Oxford their starting place?
The author has suggested the people who think of making Oxford their starting place to carry their own boat or steal someone’s boat but the fear of being caught.
Where are the boats let to hire?
The boats are let to hire at Thames above Marlow.
Describe the boats according to the author.
They are fairly watertight; and so as long as they are handled with care, they rarely come to pieces or sink.
There are places in them to sit down on, and they are complete with all the necessary arrangements – or nearly all – to enable you to row them and steer them.
But they are not ornamental. The boat you hire up the river above Marlow is not the sort of boat in which you can flash about and give yourself airs.
Describe the man according to the author who had hired the boat from Oxford.
The man in the hired up-river boat is also modest and retiring. He likes to keep on the shady side, underneath the trees, and to do most of his traveling early in the morning or late at night, when there are not many people about on the river to look at him.
When the man in the hired up-river boat sees anyone he knows, he gets out on to the bank, and hides behind a tree.
What kind of boat did the travelers hire?
The travelers hired a double sculling skiff.
What was the name of the boat that the narrator hired?
The name of the boat that the narrator was THE PRIDE OF THE THAMES.
Describe the boats first look.
The boy was struggling with a chunk of wood, that looked as though it had been recently dug out of somewhere, and dug out carelessly, so as to have been unnecessarily damaged in the process.
What did the narrator think of the boat at the first look and why did he think of that.
On first catching sight of the object, was that it was a Roman relic of some sort, relic of WHAT the author did not know, possibly of a coffin. The neighborhood of the upper Thames is rich in Roman relics, and my surmise seemed to the author a very probable one.
What did the authors friend think of the boat and who was he and how did he denied the coffin theory?
The authors friend who is a bit of a geologist, pooh-poohed the authors Roman relic theory, and said it was clear to the meanest intellect that the thing the boy had found was the fossil of a whale and he pointed out to us various evidences proving that it must have belonged to the preglacial period.
What did the author and his geologist friend do to settle their dispute and what appeal did they make?
To settle the dispute, we appealed to the boy. We told him not to be afraid, but to speak the plain truth: Was it the fossil of a pre-Adamite whale, or was it an early Roman coffin.
Why did the author and his friend vexed the boy?
When the author and his friend appealed the boy he denied both of their theories and answered that it was THE PRIDE OF THE THAMES at first they thought it was humorous and someone payed him two pence for his ready wit but when he persisted they got vexed at the boy.
What did the authors other friend think of the boat and who was he.
The authors other friend also the captain of the boat told the boy to take his mothers washing tub home and bring them their boat.
