You fix iron hoops up over the boat, and stretch a huge canvas over them, and fasten it down all round, from stem to stern, and it converts the boat into a sort of little house, and it is beautifully cosy, though a trifle stuffy; but there, everything has its drawbacks, as the man said when his mother-in-law died, and they came down upon him for the funeral expenses.
On adapte au-dessus du bateau des cerceaux de fer sur lesquels on tend une grande toile qu’on rabat tout autour, de la proue a la poupe. Cela transforme l’embarcation en une sorte de petite maison, délicieusement intime, quoique un peu renfermée.