Douglas finally conquered his fear of water.
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William Douglas for a long period remained fearful of water. This handicap deprived him of the joy of canoeing, boating and swimming. He used every way he knew to overcome his fear of water, but it overpowered him. Finally, one October, he decided to get an instructor and learn to swim. He went to a pool and practised five days a wee, an hour each day. The instructor first put a belt around Douglas. A rope attached to the belt went through the pulley that ran on an overhead cable. The instructor held on the end of the rope, and they went back and forth. Then the instructor taught Douglas to put his face under water and exhale, and to raise his nose and inhale. Then he taught Douglas how to kick in water with his legs. This is how Douglas learnt swimming step by step.
However to ensure that he has conquered his fear of water, Douglas went to Lake Wentworth in New Hampshire and dived off a dock at Triggs Island. He swam two miles across the lake to Stamp Act Island. He swam then crawl, breast stroke, side stroke, and back stroke. Only once the terror returned to some extent when he was in the middle of the lake.
But he overcame it. Yet to clear his doubt, he went up the Tietan to Canrad Meadows, and camped in the high meadows by the side of Warm Lake. The next morning he dived into the lake and swam across to the other side of the Warm Lake. The next morning he dived into the lake and swam across the other shore and back. He shouted with joy as he had conquered his fear of water.
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