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Robert Kemp Philp
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1411.
"When
I
was
a
boy,
I
amused
myself
one
day
with
flying
a
paper
kite;
and
approaching
the
banks
of
the
lake,
which
was
nearly
a
mile
broad,
I
tied
the
string
to
a
stake,
and
the
kite
ascended
to
a
very
considerable
height
above
the
pond,
while
I
was
swimming.
In
a
little
time,
being
desirous
of
amusing
myself
with
my
kite,
and
enjoying
at
the
same
time
the
pleasure
of
swimming,
I
returned,
and
loosening
from
the
stake
the
string,
with
the
little
stick
which
was
fastened
to
it,
went
again
into
the
water,
where
I
found
that,
lying
on
my
back,
and
holding
the
stick
in
my
hand,
I
was
drawn
along
the
surface
of
the
water
in
a
very
agreeable
manner.
Having
then
engaged
another
boy
to
carry
my
clothes
round
the
pond,
to
a
place
which
I
pointed
out
to
him
on
the
other
side,
I
began
to
cross
the
pond
with
my
kite,
which
carried
me
quite
over
without
the
least
fatigue,
and
with
the
greatest
pleasure
imaginable.
I
was
only
obliged
occasionally
to
halt
a
little
in
my
course,
and
resist
its
progress,
when
it
appeared
that
by
following
too
quickly,
I
lowered
the
kite
too
much;
by
doing
which
occasionally
I
made
it
rise
again.
I
have
never
since
that
time
practised
this
singular
mode
of
swimming,
and
I
think
it
not
impossible
to
cross,
in
this
manner,
from
Dover
to
Calais."
1412.
Using
Life-Belts.
Those
who
prefer
the
Aid
of
Belts
will
find
it
very
easy
and
safe
to
make
belts
upon
the
plan
explained
in
pars.
1370,
1371;
and
by
gradually
reducing
the
floating
power
of
the
belts
from
day
to
day,
they
will
gain
confidence,
and
speedily
acquire
the
art
of
swimming.
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