* In fact, Jonathan's 'difficulty' in getting to school was because the Spot Prize only covered the cost of his education. He had to work his passage to Burma as a Pudding Boy on a French schooner, using his own blood - sometimes up to a pint-and-a-half a day - to make black pudding for the crew's meals. A practice, fortunately for Jonathan's education, which was not outlawed on French vessels until 1987.