He passed under two or three heavy waves that completely submerged him.

As he was hurried away on the wild current, he held his paddle high up in acknowledgment to the cheers.
His reception in Vienna was most enthusiastic.

From Presburg he was accompanied for about two miles by the swimming club and he was made an honorary member by a vote taken while he was paddling in the river surrounded by his swimming friends.

He was then left alone and all that day he traveled through a barren and desolate country.

He occasionally ran across parties of gold dust hunters who were at work on the sand bars.