Downstream

her return journey.
The Thames Valley Times
reported that she was
‘frequently cheered by
different groups on the
riverside at Richmond’ but it
was then announced she
would finish at Kew Bridge.
She had experienced ‘much
discomfort from the bright
sun at Chiswick’ and by Kew
her eyes were so ‘inflamed by
the sun’s rays’ that she was
advised to ‘relinquish her