Downstream

Eileen Lee’s plan was to
swim to Richmond and then
return with the tide to Putney,
but at Richmond the tide was
‘still running’ so she switched
to a slow breaststroke and
continued upriver. She
paused in the water ‘opposite
the Pigeons’ for six minutes
where she ‘partook of food’
before continuing to
Hammerton’s Ferry at Marble
Hill. There she waited for the
tide to turn before beginning