(_For the use of Visitors, Male and Female_)
Take an umbrella to keep off the rain--unopened.
Beware of encouraging burnt-cork minstrels, or incurring their
resentment.
Remember, it is not every houseboat that is sufficiently hospitable to
afford lunch.
After all, a travel down from town in the train is better than the
discomforts of dawn on the river in a houseboat.
Six hours of enforced company is a strong order for the best of friends,
sometimes leading to incipient enmity.
A canoe for two is a pleasant distraction if the man is equal to keeping
from an upset in the water.
Flirting is a not unpleasant accompaniment to an _alfresco_ lunch with
well-iced liquids.
If you really wish to make a favourable impression upon everyone, be
cheery, contented, good-natured, and, above all, slightly interested in
the racing.
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[Illustration: _Enthusiastic Skipper._ "Aha! my boy! You can't do this
sort of thing on shore!"]
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[Illustration: SQUALLY WEATHER--MAKING ALL "TAUT"]
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