Five seconds; ten seconds and it was still upright.
Oh! it was going.

No, a fierce back eddy caught it and set it straight again.

My mare touched bottom and there was hope.

It struggled forward, being swept down the stream all the time.

Now the horses in the cart also found their footing and we were saved.
No, the wet had caused the knot of one of the riems to slip beneath the strain, or perhaps it broke--I don't know.