Don't make any mistakes though, and step into the river instead of the sampan."
"One Maid's Mischief"
George Manville Fenn
Here, paddle me across," he said to one of the natives who was cleaning out his sampan ready for any passengers who might want to be put across to the island.
"One Maid's Mischief"
George Manville Fenn
Doctor Bolter did not like hiding, but thinking that in this case discretion might be the better part of valour, he replaced his shot cartridge with ball, as he gave the signal to the man, who turned the sampan in shore; and cleverly guiding it in amongst the overhanging vegetation, this dropped behind them and they were in a verdant tunnel, the branches and leaves just touching their heads, and though themselves completely concealed, able to see everything that passed or repassed upon the river.
"One Maid's Mischief"
George Manville Fenn