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But
it
does
not
give
you
style
.
It
was
not
till
I
came
to
the
Thames
that
I
got
style
.
My
style
of
rowing
is
very
much
admired
now
.
People
say
it
is
so
quaint
.
George
never
went
near
the
water
until
he
was
sixteen
.
Then
he
and
eight
other
gentlemen
of
about
the
same
age
went
down
in
a
body
to
Kew
one
Saturday
,
with
the
idea
of
hiring
a
boat
there
,
and
pulling
to
Richmond
and
back
;
one
of
their
number
,
a
shock-headed
youth
,
named
Joskins
,
who
had
once
or
twice
taken
out
a
boat
on
the
Serpentine
,
told
them
it
was
jolly
fun
,
boating
!
The
tide
was
running
out
pretty
rapidly
when
they
reached
the
landing-stage
,
and
there
was
a
stiff
breeze
blowing
across
the
river
,
but
this
did
not
trouble
them
at
all
,
and
they
proceeded
to
select
their
boat
.
There
was
an
eight-oared
racing
outrigger
drawn
up
on
the
stage
;
that
was
the
one
that
took
their
fancy
.
They
said
they
'd
have
that
one
,
please
.
The
boatman
was
away
,
and
only
his
boy
was
in
charge
.
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
.
So
the
boy
launched
it
,
and
they
took
off
their
coats
and
prepared
to
take
their
seats
.
The
boy
suggested
that
George
,
who
,
even
in
those
days
,
was
always
the
heavy
man
of
any
party
,
should
be
number
four
.
George
said
he
should
be
happy
to
be
number
four
,
and
promptly
stepped
into
bow
's
place
,
and
sat
down
with
his
back
to
the
stern
.
They
got
him
into
his
proper
position
at
last
,
and
then
the
others
followed
.
A
particularly
nervous
boy
was
appointed
cox
,
and
the
steering
principle
explained
to
him
by
Joskins
.
Joskins
himself
took
stroke
.
He
told
the
others
that
it
was
simple
enough
;
all
they
had
to
do
was
to
follow
him
.
They
said
they
were
ready
,
and
the
boy
on
the
landing
stage
took
a
boat-hook
and
shoved
him
off
.
What
then
followed
George
is
unable
to
describe
in
detail
.
He
has
a
confused
recollection
of
having
,
immediately
on
starting
,
received
a
violent
blow
in
the
small
of
the
back
from
the
butt-end
of
number
five
's
scull
,
at
the
same
time
that
his
own
seat
seemed
to
disappear
from
under
him
by
magic
,
and
leave
him
sitting
on
the
boards
.
He
also
noticed
,
as
a
curious
circumstance
,
that
number
two
was
at
the
same
instant
lying
on
his
back
at
the
bottom
of
the
boat
,
with
his
legs
in
the
air
,
apparently
in
a
fit
.
