1809: ‘There used to be a
bathing-machine stationed on
the eastern side of
Westminster Bridge; and I
had been bathing, and was
standing on this machine
adjusting my clothes, when I
noticed a respectable-looking
manly person, who was
eyeing something at a
distance.’ This was Mr
Jackson, a prize fighter,
waiting for his pupil, Byron,
who was swimming against
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