A New Way to Float Down the River of Life. - Radiguet you rascal, to hell with you, your boat and your new invention.... it is your fault that the entire outing went down the drain. - Come, come now.... no reason to scream hell. I am just angry about my boot-maker... since my shoes are being filled with water coming from the holes in the pockets of my pants., plate 3 from Les Canotiers Parisiens

A New Way to Float Down the River of Life, plate three from Les Canotiers Parisiens

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An Encounter in Open Water. “- Hello... down there... Captain.., what's new in Paris? - Nothing new really... still no one goes to the Gaieté or the Ambigu. - Don't you have anything else to tell me? - Oh yes,... I forgot... I hope you like it... shut up!,” plate 11 from Les Canotiers Parisiens

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A Boat-Manoeuvre. The Captain yelling in his trumpet: “- Gabier! There is a squall building up, get ready!..... Clew up all the sails!... That's good:.... very good! - Why didn't you say that to me calmly instead of poking this huge instrument into my ear! Now I am so deaf, I can't see clearly anymore!...,” plate 9 from Les Canotiers Parisiens

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The Novice Sailor. “Devil... rowing is much more difficult than I thought! And to really enjoy myself I would rather stick peas.,” plate 19 from Les Canotiers Parisiens

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Man Overboard! “- Harpoon him more firmly!.... we can't get him otherwise! And you, hold his legs up in the air, that's very important.... There is nothing in the world that makes you catch a cold faster than by getting your feet wet,” plate 14 from Les Canotiers Parisiens

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An Unpleasant Encounter. “Bernardel, Bernardel! Here comes the steamer... we will sink!,” plate 16 from Les Canotiers Parisiens

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Parisians already taking their precautions to avoid being roasted by the comet, plate 410 from Actualités

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Sixth Performance: Boubourouche; Valet de Coeur, for Le Théatre Libre

Henri-Gabriel Ibels

“- Our boat let go the anchor and has drifted away.... we're stuck on this lonely island like Robinson Crusoe... and without anything to eat and no parrot... - That's true.... and I really don't know what to eat, once I have devoured you, poor Cabassol!,” plate 5 from Les Canotiers Parisiens

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A Light Squall (Un leger grain), plate 8 from The Parisian Boaters (Les canotiers Parisiens)

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A Boat Maneuver, plate nine from Les Canotiers Parisiens

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Mr. Prudhomme: “- Obnoxious waves.... don't you know whom you are carrying in this moment?... oh audacious... know I shall, like Xerxes, whip you terribly.” Mme Prudhomme: (shivering of fear) “- Pray, my dear friend, do not offend the sea any longer... you might wake its fury and it might devour us completely!,” plate 1 from Impressions nautiques

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