In five hours he was feverish, his temperature rising to 101 degrees F.During the passage he was blinded from the salt water in his eyes and the spray beating against his face.
He strongly denied the newspaper reports that he was delirious, and after a good rest was apparently none the worse for the task.

In 1876 he again traversed this passage with the happiest issue.

In 1883 he was engaged by speculators to swim the rapids at Niagara, and in attempting this was overcome by the powerful currents, and his body was not recovered for some days after.

The passage from Dover to Calais has been duplicated.
In 1877 Cavill, another Englishman, swam from Cape Griz-Nez to South Forland in less than thirteen hours.

In 1880 Webb swam and floated at Scarborough for seventy-four consecutive hours--of course, having no current to contend with and no point to reach.