arose from Thames watermen as they crowded the riverside steps and stairs, clamoring to carry passengers across, up, or down the waterway or along such meandering tributaries as the rivers Fleet and Walbrook, now long buried beneath the London streets that bear their names.
आज ये दोनों धाराएँ नज़र नहीं आतीं, क्योंकि ये लंदन की सड़कों के नीचे कबकी दफन हो चुकी हैं ।