  In a companion paper, Grimshaw (Asymptotic Methods in Fluid Mechanics, 2010,
pp. 71-120) has demonstrated how techniques of Borel summation can be used to
elucidate the exponentially small terms that lie hidden beyond all orders of a
divergent asymptotic expansion. Here, we provide an alternative derivation of
the generalized solitary waves of the fifth-order Korteweg-de Vries equation.
We will first optimally truncate the asymptotic series, and then smooth the
Stokes line. Our method provides an explicit view of the switching-on
mechanism, and thus increased understanding of the Stokes Phenomenon.
