Sentence:  Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers,nb.... Even such a boat as the "Mount Vernon" offered a total deck space so cramped as to leave secrecy or privacy well out of the question, even had the <WSD>motley</WSD> and democratic assemblage of passengers been disposed to accord either. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Comprising greatly varied elements, to the point of incongruity; heterogeneous.