After the departure of the land parties, I embarked with six men on thursday, the 21st april, on board my newly made boat and began the descent of the river.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Sometimes we would be staked out in the middle of the river, several barges tied together. So we could party.
When you're on a boat, you're going to little islands and stuff. It's not a partying kind of thing.
I looked at one little print for a long time. It was called 'The Landing.' It showed men tugging on a rope, pulling a boat up onto skids out of the water. The thought occurred to me that I might paint such a picture.
I missed the boat when I was doing Late Night.
I love boats. I can be on a boat for days.
We were in all four men with eight animals; for besides the spare horses led by Shaw and myself, an additional mule was driven along with us as a reserve in case of accident.
My father was a sea captain, so was his father, and his father before him, and all my uncles. My mother's people all followed the sea. I suppose that if I had been born a few years earlier, I would have had my own ship.
I was proud of the waves I had made, but wondered how many boats I was supposed to rock.
I commonly went ashore every day, either upon business, or to recreate myself in the fields, which were very pleasant, and the more for a shower of rain now and then, that ushers in the wet season.
I have been out again on the river, rowing. I find nothing new.