I devoted some three months to rafting, and, being then as proficient as there was any need to be at that branch of the art, I determined to go in for rowing proper, and joined one of the Lea boating clubs.
Je consacrai pres de trois mois a faire du radeau, puis ayant exploré toutes les possibilités dans ce domaine, résolus de me mettre au vrai canotage et m’affiliai a l’un des clubs nautiques de la Lea.