《徐霞客游记·楚游日记八》
下午，经过金牛滩，滩岸上有座金牛岭，一座山峰尖峭而独自耸起，另有三座山峰斜突横飞，江流直捣峰侧、到此处船才转往南行，从而可以得到风力的推助了毛这晚宿在庙下，从下船处到庙下，船共行了五十里，而陆路只有二十里。
下午过金牛滩，其上有金牛岭，一峰尖峭，而分耸三峰，斜突而横骞，江流直捣其胁。至是舟始转而南，得风帆之力矣。是晚宿于庙下，舟行共五十里，陆路止二十里也。
In the afternoon, passing by Jinniutan, there was a Jinniuling on the riverbank, a mountain peak that was steep and stood alone, and three other mountain peaks slanting out and flying horizontally, and the river flowed directly into the side of the peak. When arriving here, the boat would turn south and could get the wind. Mao spent the night in the temple. From the place where the boat was disembarked to the temple, the boat sailed for fifty miles, while the land route was only twenty miles.