The boy tried to damp their ardour for the outrigger, and showed them two or three very comfortable-looking boats of the family-party build, but those would not do at all; the outrigger was the boat they thought they would look best in.
Le garçon tenta de refroidir leur ardeur pour la périssoire et leur recommanda deux ou trois canots d’aspect confortable, a usage des familles, mais ils n’en voulurent pas : ils auraient tellement plus d’allure dans la périssoire !