CHARLES W ATE ETON, ESQ. 



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assistance. On hearing my cry for help, they had 

 come through the paddle house door on deck, and 

 had descended through the interior of the wheel. 



Arrived on board, soaked through and shivering 

 in the midnight blast, two police officers kindly 

 stepped forward to my assistance ; and I requested 

 to be conducted to a respectable hotel. The Dover 

 Castle, kept by the widow Dyver, (a most appropri- 

 ate name on such an occasion) was the nearest to us. 



Whilst the good landlady was gazing on me, 

 she appeared greatly affected, and pressed me 

 much to have a docter. u There is one close at 

 hand/' said she, cf he will be here in a minute or 

 two." " Madam," I replied, "a doctor will not be 

 necessary : let me have a couple of blankets. I 

 will roll myself up in them, and lie down on the 

 floor by the side of the fire, and I shall be better 

 at break of day." So, I lay me down, without 

 taking any inward consolation in the way of cordial, 

 much to the astonishment of those who were 

 standing by. 



Ere the sun rose on the morrow, nature had 

 wonderfully rallied. My cloak, umbrella, hat and 

 portmanteau, had all been picked up, and conveyed 

 to the hotel. The portmanteau and umbrella, had 

 remained fixed in the mud ; the cloak had floated 

 to a distance; and the bat had drifted still farther 



