IO4 EASY-CHAIR MEMORIES 



no overwhelming crowd to witness this wonder- 

 ful event ; there may have been one or two 

 listless idlers about to whom our yacht pre- 

 sented not the least possible attraction why 

 should it ? Boats of vastly more importance are 

 slipped from that wharf every day. 



K. and I drove our pony quietly back through 

 the lovely scenery near- Burnham Beeches, 

 through Farnham Royal, and so home. 



The amateur yachtsmen left their yacht at 

 Datchet, and they had a four-mile walk home, 

 where they arrived about nine o'clock, well tired, 

 for had they not been incessantly at work on the 

 boat since five o'clock in the morning ? But 

 the enthusiasm of amateur boat-builders is un- 

 bounded. Early next morning found them again 

 at Datchet to paint and polish and practise 

 yachtsmanship on their new toy, and I took 

 train at Slough for London. 



I may say that in the eyes of an amateur at 

 least our launch looked as graceful, as pretty, 

 as jaunty, and up to date as if she had sprung 

 into being from the hands of a professional 

 craftsman. 



