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moved, compared to that of the bubbles and pieces of wood which
remain on the surface of the water and which made as well as
the bark a part of the current. I was astonished at this
phenomenon and presently recollected my dispute with the
people at Nigni Taghil. I made the men row backwards
against the current till all the light substances floating on
the surface passed by us, then ceased the rowing, when I perceived
the bark by degrees acquiring the same velocity as these
light substances and soon after a greater, so much so as that
we appeared to pass by the light bodies nearly as fast as
they passed by the land. Not a breath of wind stirring.
I got into a small boat and put off from the large bark.
In a short time I was left behind and it was not without
a good deal of rowing that I could keep pace with the bark
where there was no rowing. The fact was too plain to be denied
the cause of it not so ready to be found. It was not the
depth that made this difference for this large bark was very
shallow being flat bottomed. At length however I explained
the matter to my entire satisfaction.

Identifier: | JB/539/442/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 539.
Date_1	1783-10-19	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	539	Main Headings
Folio number	442	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
Category	Correspondence	Number of Pages
Recto/Verso		Page Numbering
Penner	Samuel Bentham	Watermarks
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