Word: canoeists
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...lakes, rivers and for general service, lightness is of primary importance, as the owner will find after he has "packed" it across one or two hard carries. Strength, speed and swiftness are essential and here is where the question of the physique and general build of the canoeist comes in ; for a canoe that is suitable for a man weighing two hundred pounds is utterly unfit for one of one hundred and thirty. Its size, weight and dimensions are to be carefully observed with special deference to the person who is to use it. In no other class of boats...
...with a sail, the wooden canoe is in some respects to be preferred, as it is somewhat stauncher and will not so easily upset, moreover, it is easier to get right side up after a capsize, a quality which the canoeist soon learns to appreciate...
...have ever tried canoeing, there is no need to tell its advantages over other sports. To enjoy it, it is not necessary for one to go through a course of training, nor to strain himself to excel everyone else. It is free from all suspicion of "professionalism." The canoeist engages in his sport for the pure fun of the thing, and can get along without the glory and black eyes and broken shins on base-ball and football. Canxing contains all the pleasures of yachting, and in addition many others of which the yachtsman knows nothing. To quote from...