《徐霞客游记·楚游日记四》
因等候同船的其他乘客，于是重新入城，购买鱼、肉、笋、米等各种物品。过了中午出城来到江边，却发现船因为下乘客移往别处去了。与顾仆携带着物件，在雨中竭力寻找船只，我们顺江而上，经过铁楼以及回雁峰下，已经到达所有停泊船只的尽头，然而竟然没有找到我们所搭乘的那船。
大鱼每二三月水至衡山县放子，土人俱于城东江岸以布兜围其沫，养为雨苗，以大艑贩至各省，皆其地所产也。过午出城，则舟以下客移他所矣。与顾仆携物匍匐雨中，循江而上，过铁楼及回雁峰下，泊舟已尽而竟不得舟。
Because we had to wait for other passengers on the same ship, we re-entered the city to buy various items such as fish, meat, bamboo shoots, and rice. After noon, we left the city and arrived at the riverside, only to find that the ship had moved away because of unloading passengers. Gu Pu and I carried our belongings and searched for the ship with all our efforts in the rain, we went upstream, passed Tie-lou and the foot of Huiyan Peak, and had already reached the end of all the ships, but we still couldn't find the ship we were supposed to take.