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           Therunwouldhavebeenmoredelightfulstill,ifithadnotbeenforalotofwretchedsmallboatsthatwerecontinuallygettinginthewayofourlaunch,and,toavoidrunningdownwhich,wehadtobecontinuallyeasingandstopping. Itisreallymostannoying,themannerinwhichtheserowingboatsgetinthewayofone’slaunchuptheriver;somethingoughttodonetostopit. 

           Andtheyaresoconfoundedlyimpertinent,too,overit. Youcanwhistletillyounearlyburstyourboilerbeforetheywilltroublethemselvestohurry. Iwouldhaveoneortwoofthemrundownnowandthen,ifIhadmyway,justtoteachthemallalesson. 

           TheriverbecomesverylovelyfromalittleaboveReading. TherailwayratherspoilsitnearTilehurst,butfromMapledurhamuptoStreatleyitisglorious. AlittleaboveMapledurhamlockyoupassHardwickHouse,whereCharlesI.playedbowls. TheneighbourhoodofPangbourne,wherethequaintlittleSwanInnstands,mustbeasfamiliartothehabituesoftheArtExhibitionsasitistoitsowninhabitants. 

           Myfriends’launchcastusloosejustbelowthegrotto,andthenHarriswantedtomakeoutthatitwasmyturntopull. Thisseemedtomemostunreasonable. IthadbeenarrangedinthemorningthatIshouldbringtheboatuptothreemilesaboveReading. Well,herewewere,tenmilesaboveReading! Surelyitwasnowtheirturnagain. 

           IcouldnotgeteitherGeorgeorHarristoseethematterinitsproperlight,however;so,tosaveargument,Itookthesculls.