The Captain was glad to meet an old friend and was inquisitive enough to ask where they had seen each other before.
"Wall," the old fellow answered, "yeou remember w'en yeou crossed th' English channel ?" "Yes," Boyton remembered it.
"An' that ere rubber suit you wore ?" "Certainly." "Wall," continued the old man, apparently tickled to the end of his toes because Paul had not forgotten.

"Wall, I saw thet ere suit at the centennial in Philadelphia in '76; I was thar." He looked triumphantly around to catch the admiring gaze of his townsmen.
The above are only a few samples of many similar incidents and episodes which occured during the voyage.

In shooting Dodge's Falls, a lumberman called out to Paul to hug the New Hampshire shore and he would get over safely.

That was the only sensible word of warning or information he received through the entire Fifteen Mile Falls.
He reached Woodville Monday evening after escaping many dangers, pretty well used up.

The worst of the run had been accomplished, though there were still several falls and dams to be shot and long stetches of dead water to be paddled.