If you had been washed into the main stream you'd have gone much farther than you meant.

Did you get near Driscoll ?" "Sure I did.

An eddy swung me out and I reckoned I was going down the main rush, but I caught the back-swirl and after that kept very close along the bank.

Got a knock from a boulder, but, just paddling enough to keep on top, I drifted down to where Steve stood.

He was on a ledge now, and I could hardly see him against the pines, but his head was bent, as if he was looking into the water.