, 1875-02-21
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Novel voyage on the Tn1mcss
Tho LONDON Daily lse,ds says: '' CART. Do
preserving dress yo recently described Is bf,ug
successfully exhibited In the Sorpentine,, ast6h-
isned some thousands ef pe,sons on Saturday.
Jan. e, By floating trom Wrapping to :Vauxh2H -
e. ae2s sas sa Ola ftssr Thaas q ~ ssa
and Bet st naught by mortal /; its depths hau no
terrora to thq man Who fear!esseg committed
himself 70 them, and its ye!lo'y tide no noWet 70
reAist Lis advance or check his prosTess- Tho
spectacle et-a peraon calmly iylng #
upon tho surfaee OF the river, al,
BY way OF change, standing arm-pit deep in It,
with many 1Athoms beneath hla teet, aud moving
hithar and thtner o. Will naturally attracted tls
all the spectators on the bridges and to these Capt.
Boytpn gaze in addition to = novel ente1ipin-
ment. q valuable lesson in Misrepresentation. Ky
most simple contri7ance sea-golng people may
now take a. new 1ease Of life. Tho Stare and
Saturday, cal"d attention to the true nature u
the long, blsci object that kept the ceutre of
the silent highway. while tho perfect suctess Of
the experiment must hare put now ldcas into
many poadsiins minis as = That . possible
Capt. Boyton started With food tide from
Wapping Old Ssafs,-not the modern bIosd
fight of steps used by These la.teF-day HEernes,
QHa
which still remain to show where the jolly Young
waterman OF tho past was wont to take tue tine
CITY ladies' On board. AT the begrimed lighters
1Boored theEeabonts we're crowded Fith Razk-
men. ln4t s5tisea from t4e Yards s, sad shopa On
young and old. looked on open-mouthed Il the
gentleman who, eucastng himself in an a1moz
Of india-rnbber, walked lrto aud along the aver
without tonchre tho bottom; who could nos
sfE4 L % T. s9a she esqgs F. Pads H.
set OF On Ills journey. followed BY . feet' OF
boats, and loudly cbeared BY the arnazsd aud de-
l!Shte srects;o5s Ibe nrl1cRe q !atiafGpI
necessary details, have heen rlrcad; described ii
the D;1, Nezcs. in connection with Tho trials in
Hyde Park. The Thames, however, rufllad BY
smart Tfnd against GeaSy tide, Was much &C.
nothing could be more complete than the SUCCESS
OF the "trip. Rough or B'.outh. i matters notl-
ing to the Arnsr1can Gua-d5man, and the spec
tator Is soon possessed OF absolute confidence IN
the safety OF the inventlon. Blowing biz
foshorn+ or whistle. using his AZ, smoking az
cigar, and waving his banner, bis voyage vas
quita i triumphaI water progress, and the roy-
ageur seemed to take special delight n thread
ins bis way amongst Ehppine and boats, taxing
the zrches, where tho current vas most dancer
SELF to fou! barge or tho buttress ct BRIDGE IN
oae instance shooting like an arrow under the
stern, and between two beats towing behind
Easy it Was to eco that clad IN one of tbese srits,
= pan may TratuT to where beg: co1ld nefoI Eo,
aid perform scrylccs os the highest advantage
TO htimsnity. The Wonder expressod III the faees
Of the sailors staring over tie tufEarad Of tho
crQWded shipping in the Pool. oF on board tho
river steamers aid bal ges drifting Westward, T3a
not ths least coni;cal and Interesting feartIe: 6f
tne Journey, aud tAe: omaihus ena cao mep
pulled gP on every bridge un:tl ths bog edveR~
turer had passed."