By this time of the year many people have probably discovered that, after a year of office work, their swimming is not what it used to be. At the same time, many older people have also realized that the younger generation is growing up practically amphibious, and that when children of ten and twelve swim like fish it is no longer quite the thing to bathe by jumping up and down in water up to one's waist. These, and all the other people who want to got more enjoyment out of their bathing, will welcome this talk by Mr. Scott, who is himself an old Cambridge swimming Blue.