Lord Ashburton said Britain regretted that it had not made some explanation or apology for the sinking of an American boat in the Niagara River.
阿什·伯顿勋爵说，英国为没能就美国船只在尼亚加拉河沉没做出解释或道歉表示歉意。
2
River bottoms are low land because the crust is weak at those points, sinking, and thus as a thin membrane is more prone to vibrate than a thick crust.
由于地壳在这些点很脆弱，下沉，河底较低，而薄薄的薄膜比厚重的岩层更容易振动。
3
Holmes chases and fights Dredger in a nearby shipyard, and during the fight a ship gets loose and nearly killing Holmes and sinking into the river Thames.