You took five iron arches, like gigantic croquet hoops, and fitted them up over the boat, and then stretched the canvas over them, and fastened it down: it would take quite ten minutes, we thought.
Vous prenez cinq cerceaux de fer, semblables a de gigantesques arceaux de croquet, vous les disposez par-dessus le canot, les couvrez de la toile qui s’attache en bas. Cela vous prendra dix minutes, estimez- vous.