uard-room, and he had the whole
story explained to him. The late Prince Imperial also came for a
'British Workman,' and probably it was pinned behind His Royal Highness'
four-poster. He was a member of the Royal Canoe Club, and one of his
canoes was saved from the fire at the palace of St. Cloud.

{112} A friend of mine stated that a French, gentleman of good education
called upon him one day, and happened to look at a French Testament which
lay open on the chimney-piece. "_Tiens_!" he said, "_Paternoster_ in the
Bible?" when he saw the Lord's Prayer in the printed page.

{117} A similar Society has begun operations in France by publishing
translations of English papers on Sanitary and Domestic Management.

{119} In this one particular the canoeist has to trust to the
boat-builder. In others, and in those relating to the rigging and sails
especially, I regret to say that I do not find _any_ builder fulfils
those requirements of strength, lightness, neatness, and simplicity
combined in due proportions, upon which so much of the safety of a canoe
depends, as well as comfort and pleasure in using it during the many
days' constant work of a long voyage. The proper rigging of a canoe, so
as to be neither fragile like a toy nor clumsy in its small details, is
well attended to at the Model Dockyard in Fleet Street.

{121} This hankering after Egypt once more ripened into the cruise of
the "Rob Roy on the Jordan," of which the sixth edition appears in April,
1880.

{128} These four gentlemen, admitted to the amateur contests declined to
row against four English watermen.

{142} I recollect that old Westminster Bridge was a very dangerous one
for a boat to sail through, because the joints between the _voussoirs_,
or lines of stones under the arch, were not horizontal as in most other
bridges, but in an oblique direction, and several times when my mast has
touched one of these it was borne downwards with all the power of a
screw.

{150} I found that a common Scotch plaid, if it was in an inclined
position, resisted wet longer than any other material permeable to air,
and it could be readily dried by hanging it from the mast in the wind.

{151} There was another method of cooking under shelter, and we employed
it on the only other occasion when this had to be done, namely, to shut
up the cabin and to cook inside it, using the portable "canoe cuisine,"
which is described in the Appendix. But as this is meant t