 | Naval art and science - 1872 - 1118 pages
...on his, and, of course, his back to your stomach. In this way you will get sooner and safer on shore than by any other means, and you can easily thus swim with two or three persons ; the writer has often, as an experiment, done it with four, and gone with them forty or fifty yards into the sea. One... | |
 | Salacio (pseud.) - 1861 - 112 pages
...having hold of his hair, you on your back and he on his, and of course his back to your stomach. In this way you will get sooner and safer ashore than...thus swim with two or three persons : the writer has often, as an experiment, done it with four, and gone with them forty or fifty yards in the sea. One... | |
 | Handbook - 1861 - 104 pages
...hold of his hair, you on your back, and he also on his, and, of course, his back to your stomach. In this way you will get sooner and safer ashore than...you can easily thus swim with two or three persons. One great advantage of this method is, that it enables you to keep your head up, and also to raise... | |
 | George Strong Nares - Sailing ships - 1865 - 534 pages
...having hold of his hair, you on your back and he also on his, and of course his back to your stomach. In this way you will get sooner and safer ashore than...thus swim with two or three persons ; the writer has often, as an experiment, done it with four, and gone with them forty or fifty yards in the sea. One... | |
 | Children's literature - 1865 - 1136 pages
...hair, you on your back, he also on his, and of course resting on you, his back to your stomach. In this way you will get sooner and safer ashore than...thus swim with two or three persons.* The writer has often, by way of experiment, done it with four, and gone with them forty or fifty yards in the sea.... | |
 | James C. Wilcocks - Fishing - 1868 - 392 pages
...hold of his hair, you on your back, and he also on his, and, of course, his back to your stomach. In this way you will get sooner and safer ashore than...thus swim with two or three persons. The writer has often, as an experiment, done it with four, and gone with them forty or fifty yards in the sea. One... | |
 | George Strong Nares - 1868 - 486 pages
...having hold of his hair, JOT on your back and he also on his, and of course his back to your stomach. In this way you will get sooner and safer ashore than by any otbc-r means, and you can easily thus swim with two or three persons ; the writer has often, as an... | |
 | United States. Revenue Marine Bureau - 1873 - 84 pages
...having hold of his hair, you on your back and he also on his, and of course his back to your stomach. lu this way you will get sooner and safer ashore than...experiment, done it with four, and gone with them forty or fifty yards in the sea. One great advantage of this method is that it enables you to keep... | |
 | sir Frederick George D. Bedford - 1875 - 504 pages
...having hold of his hair, you on your back and he also on his, and of course his back to your stomach. In this way you will get sooner and safer ashore than...experiment, done it with four, and gone with them forty or fifty yards in the sea. One great advantage of this method is that it enables you to keep... | |
 | J C. Wilcocks - 1875 - 442 pages
...hold of his hair, you on your back, and he also on his, and, of course, his back to your stomach. In this way you will get sooner and safer ashore than...thus swim with two or three persons. The writer has often, as an experiment, done it with four, and gone with them forty or fifty yards in the sea. One... | |
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... his back, give him a sudden pull and this will cause him to float, then throw yourself on your back also and swim for the shore, both hands having hold of his hair, you on your back and he also on his, and of course his back to your stomach. In this... 
