Returning north to Jacksonville, Paul made a run down the St.
John's river to the sea, crossing the shark infested bar at the mouth of the river.
On his way north during the spring, he made short trips on the Savannah, Cooper and Potomac rivers and the Chesapeake Bay.

In June he paddled down the Delaware from Philadelphia to Ship John's light.

That trip was a very laborious one on account of the sluggish tide.

The moment the tide would turn against him, he would have to strike for the flat Jersey shore, where in the long grass the myriads of energetic mosquitoes almost set him frantic with their attention.

Later he paddled the entire length of Lake Quinsigamond, and in September he ran the Narragansett from Rocky Point to Providence..