So next afternoon the Pessimist and MacLean Ferried the two bearers and me across.
"Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer"
W. C. Scully
We Ferried over it successfully and resumed our journey across the valley of rather low but rich land, still covered in places with a mass of tall dry grass, the fading glory of last year's beneficence.
"Memoirs of Orange Jacobs"
Orange Jacobs
I tell you this: do you and your wife keep watch in the boat all night, and when he comes, and you have Ferried him into mid-stream, where he cannot escape, then throw your net over him and hold him till he pays you for all your ferryings."
"Moonshine & Clover"
Laurence Housman