Downstream

here, and he expressed a wish
to go on to Greenwich. As,
however, he had beaten the
record his friends did not
consider this advisable. So he
reluctantly left the water – the
hero of the hour.’
Gautier, noted The Licensed
Victuallers’ Mirror, was a
‘native of Normandy. He is
5ft 4½ inches in height. And
he weighs ten stone. A wiry
man who strips well. And
though he has not a very