Consequently, I decided to divide our energies so we wouldn't both be worn out at the same time, and this was the arrangement: while one of us lay on his back, staying motionless with arms crossed and legs outstretched, the other would swim and propel his partner forward.
Je résolus alors de diviser nos forces afin de ne pas les épuiser simultanément, et voici ce qui fut convenu : pendant que l'un de nous, étendu sur le dos, se tiendrait, immobile, les bras croisés, les jambes allongées, l'autre nagerait et le pousserait en avant.