One bright moonlight night he found himself on the quay, and spying a boat at the foot of one of the stairs, asked the man in it if he was ready for a row.

The man agreed.

Alec got in, and they rowed out of the river, and along the coast to a fishing village where the man lived, and whence Alec walked home.

This was the beginning of many such boating excursions made by Alec in the close of this session.

They greatly improved his boatmanship, and strengthened his growing muscles.