mention is made of what
women should wear, because
in 1847 they were not
expected to be able to swim.
When it came to recording
swimming feats, Walker’s
Manly Exercises found very
little of note. Men had been
‘known to swim in their
clothes a distance of 4000
feet’ (around three-quarters of
a mile), while ‘others have
performed 2200 feet in 29-
minutes’. It concludes that
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