Before leaving Dublin, Paul gave an exhibition in the lake in the
Zoological Garden, Phenix Park and so intense was the desire to see him
in the water that the sum of seventy pounds was received from
admissions. He also made a run down the Liffy through the heart of the
city, during which time it is estimated that over a hundred thousand
people turned out to see him.
On November 9th Paul made a swim from Howth Head to the historic Island
of Dalkey, a distance of about ten miles. The following day he was
presented with an illumined address signed by many of the most prominent
people in Dublin, also with an elaborately worked American flag and
gold medal. The address concluded with the following words: "The
subscribers desire that Captain Boyton will regard this presentation
as a reminiscence of his visit to Ireland and as a token of the high
estimation in which they hold him as a fearless experimentalist in
bringing under public notice the most valuable life saving apparatus
that has yet appeared."
Paul made many good friends during his stay in Dublin and visited almost
every point of interest in that historic city. He discovered a very
original character in the car-driver who conveyed him to the theatre
every evening.
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