![]() ![]() ![]() Magellan and other navigators reaching Micronesia in the sixteenth century were astounded at such skills and, seeing the islanders swim and dive, bounding from wave to wave, could not help comparing them to dolphins. Everyone there swims, nobody is “unable” to swim, and the islanders’ swimming skills are superb. I was reminded of this when I visited the Caroline Islands, in Micronesia, where I saw even toddlers diving fearlessly into the lagoons and swimming, typically, with a sort of dog paddle. Swimming is instinctive at this age, so, for better or worse, we never “learned” to swim. Our father, who was a swimming champ (he won the fifteen-mile race off the Isle of Wight three years in succession) and loved swimming more than anything else, introduced each of us to the water when we were scarcely a week old. ![]() ![]() We were all water babies, my three brothers and I. ![]()
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