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ON the Continent the facilities are greater than in England, where factories and steam-boats spoil the pleasure of swimming, and everybody is well aware that all can float upon fresh water without assistance from their hands and feet. It is what in the Paris swimming-schools is called “faire le mort.”
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CHATEL [Letters to Editor]. Nature 24, 142 (1881). https://doi.org/10.1038/024142b0
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