Through the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to Mexico, with a foreword by Owen Wister;new edition with (72 plates) from photographs by the author and his brother . barked on the follow-ing morning. The narrow canyon was gloomy and dark-ened with shreds of clouds drifting far below the first rapid was narrow, and contained some largeboulders. The Edith was caught on one of these andturned on her side, so that the water flowed in, filling thecockpit. The boat was taken off without difficulty,and bailed out. We found that the bulkheads failedto keep the water out of the hatches. Some materialfr
Through the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to Mexico, with a foreword by Owen Wister;new edition with (72 plates) from photographs by the author and his brother . barked on the follow-ing morning. The narrow canyon was gloomy and dark-ened with shreds of clouds drifting far below the first rapid was narrow, and contained some largeboulders. The Edith was caught on one of these andturned on her side, so that the water flowed in, filling thecockpit. The boat was taken off without difficulty,and bailed out. We found that the bulkheads failedto keep the water out of the hatches. Some materialfrom the Edith was transferred to the Defiance. A bed,in a protecting sack of rubber and canvas, was shovedunder the seat and we proceeded. Less than an hour later I repeated my brothers per-formance, but I was not so fortunate as he. The Defiancewas carried against one rock as I tried to pull clear ofanother, and in an instant she was on her side, heldby the rush of water. I caught the gunwale, and, climb-ing on to the rock that caused the disaster, I man-aged to catch the rope and held the boat. In themeantime Emery was in a whirlpool below, trying to.
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