The tribulations of travel, Part 2

Continuing the narrative from an article published in 1810 about a journey down the St Lawrence Seaway:

“One of the crew caught hold of me, and kept me down under the water, but contrary to my expectation, let me go again. On rising to the surface, I got hold of a trunk, on which two men were holding. Just at this spot, where the Split Rock rapids terminate, the bank of the river is well inhabited; and we could see women on the shore running about much agitated. A canoe put off and picked up t...