Downstream

Bran, ‘swimmer, waterman
and ferryman at Hampton’,
escorted the American Davis
Dalton in his attempt to swim
the Channel, accompanying
him in a small punt. When
Dalton arrived in England he
fainted on the beach at
Folkestone after a twenty-
three-hour crossing, the
British press disputed his
swim and it was never
officially recognised. The
following summer, however,