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is the training school for future officers.  Seems to be a rather exclusive lot.  Thames barges have a long bowsprit which can be pulled up vertically so as to get it out of the way in crowded quarters.
Their sails are boomless either with a gaff or a sprit sail.  In either case the end of the gaff or the peak of the sprit is steadied by two vangs. 
The lower mast is stubby with a tall and slender top mast on which the topsail is hoisted.  
Went to see a play "Jack Straw", where Hawtrey had the principal role and where English snobbery or society and newly rich was 
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the subject.  Hawtrey has become stout and coarse, and clumsy in appearance and careless about his English. _ a very different man from what he was when about 20 years ago he played in the "Messenger from Mars" in New York. 
May 22.  Paid ₤2-18/ or about $14.00 for a carryal at a little shop where everything seemed more expensive than elsewhere + and the owner was cock sure nobody in the world could make as good articles as he in which he was much mistaken. [[strikethrough]] Bought [[/strikethrough]] Paid 11₤ ($55) for light overcoat and a small [[strikethrough]] coat [[/strikethrough]] cravenette coat (the latter $25.00) at Burberrys.  Most of the clothes they keep are too heavy and ill fitting.  For their dark blue 

Transcription Notes:
A sprit is pole that extends diagonally across a fore-and-aft sail from the lower part of the mast to the peak of the sail. A vang is a rope extending from the peak of a gaff to the ship's rail or to a mast, used to steady the gaff. Hawtrey was a well-known actor on the London stage. A cravenette is a waterproof coat.