She went aft ju' afore we got tew Holbrook's Bar, an' then we jus' tuk it.

Slap, bang we went, jus' run pitch right under thet 'ere rushin' water'n come up b'low all right." "What did the woman do?
How did she act ?" "Wall, sir, yeou wuden't b'lieve it.

She jus' guv one loud snort, shuk herself out'n went right erlong." The loss of his paddle caused Paul to remain at Northumberland all night, and fortunately it was found among a lot of driftwood next morning, enabling him to drive ahead again.
One of the drawbacks of the voyage was the difficulty experienced in getting proper provisions at many places.

Numbers of people were either thoughtless, or they looked on Boyton as an uncanny sort of creature, whom they did not care to have about.

When he did get food, it consisted of pie, which seemed to be the staff of life with most of the country people.