Després del desdejuni se n'anaren cap a l'alfac, tot fent esgarips i gambades, i s'empaitaven l'un a l'altre, giravoltant i més giravoltant, fent escampall de llurs vestits a mesura que avançaven, fins que restaven nus; i aleshores continuaven llur caprici, ben enfora de l'aigua soma de l'alfac, contra el rígid corrent, que més endavant féu travetes a llurs cames, de tant en tant, i augmenta la taral·la en gran manera.
After breakfast they went whooping and prancing out on the bar, and chased each other round and round, shedding clothes as they went, until they were naked, and then continued the frolic far away up the shoal water of the bar, against the stiff current, which latter tripped their legs from under them from time to time and greatly increased the fun.