Downstream

he could ‘make no head way’.
There was no mention in any
press reports of what he was
wearing. The following
month he swam from
Southampton to Southsea Pier
and from Dover to Ramsgate,
before trying the Channel, but
he was forced to give up three
miles from the end.
Described as having a
‘robust constitution, broad
chest, and great muscular
power’, he tried the Channel