Chapter 46

⁠​​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌⁠Eight o’clock had struck before I got into the air, that was scented, not disagreeably, by the chips and shavings of the long-shore boat-builders, and mast, oar, and block makers. All that water-side region of the upper and lower Pool below Bridge was unknown ground to me; and when I struck down by the river, I found that the spot I wanted was not where I had supposed it to be, and was anything bu