Excerpt from Cruises in Small Yachts and Big Canoes, or Notes From the Log of the "Watersnake, " in Holland and on the South Coast, the Logs of the "Water Rat" And "Viper, " on the Thames and South Coast: With Remarks on Anchorages for Small Craft

Coma along sir! Come along! Calls out in stentorian tones the Captain of a River Penny Boat to a late arrival on the Old Swan Pier at London Bridge one hot July day, when the steamu's deck was armed with a living mass of passengers already nearly sufi'ocated Always room for one more, you know, Bill (aotto was to his subordinate at the gangway).

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