Downstream

mount the parapet of London
Bridge, near Fresh Wharf,
and plunge into the stream.
He was attired in a tight
fitting bathing costume, and
as he took the dive it was
seen that his hands were
bound together, as also were
his legs just above the ankle.
It afterwards transpired that
the man’s name was Jules
Gautier, the champion French
swimmer.’ In 1891 he issued
a challenge to swim against