(_Dedicated to the Thames Conservancy_)
9 A.M.--Got out my boat, and made immediately for the centre of the
stream.
10 A.M.--Spent some three-quarters of an hour in attempting to avoid the
swell of the City steamboats. Within an ace of being swamped by one of
them.
11 A.M.--Run into by a sailing-barge. Only saved by holding on to a
rope, and pushing my boat aground.