The run would have been more delightful still, if it had not been for a lot of wretched small boats that were continually getting in the way of our launch, and, to avoid running down which, we had to be continually easing and stopping.
J’aurais davantage apprécié la promenade, sans cette ribambelle de sales petits canots qui semblaient prendre un malin plaisir a se mettre sans cesse en travers de notre route, et qui nous obligeaient a ralentir et a stopper pour éviter de les couler.