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| | A History of Brickendon : beating the bounds |
 | | While the river was being crossed one of the party had the misfortune to overbalance himself and fall backwards into the stream, but he quickly clambered into the boat again, and beyond a thorough ‘ducking’ was none the worse for his mishap, which caused considerable amusement to the onlookers. |
 | | Continuing, the branch railway to the Horns Mill was crossed, and the line passes through the garden of the lodge already mentioned, then nearly alongside the main river for a short distance, and across the meadow in a north-westerly direction to the Mimram. |
 | | Boats were waiting at this point, and the centre of the stream and afterwards the Lee was followed down to Castle Bridges, over which the party climbed, then up Water-lane, and alongside the wall on the north side of Castle-street to the point from whence the start was made in the morning. |
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