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 . rapids. Thethree men who occupied the boat saved themselves byreaching an island a short distance below. This all happened on a stage of water much higher thanthe present one, so we did not let the occurrence influenceus one way or the other, except to make us careful to landabove the rapid. We found a very narrow channel be-tween two submerged boulders, the water plunging andfoaming for a short distance below, over many hiddenrocks. Stil
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 . rapids. Thethree men who occupied the boat saved themselves byreaching an island a short distance below. This all happened on a stage of water much higher thanthe present one, so we did not let the occurrence influenceus one way or the other, except to make us careful to landabove the rapid. We found a very narrow channel be-tween two submerged boulders, the water plunging andfoaming for a short distance below, over many hiddenrocks. Still, there was only one large rock near the lowerend that we greatly feared, and by careful work thatmight be avoided. The Edith went first and grazed the boulder slightly,but no harm was done as E. C. held his boat wellin hand. I followed, and struck rocks at the sameinstant on both sides of the narrow channel with my will be remembered that we ran all these dangerousrapids facing downstream. The effect of this was toshoot the ends of both oars up past my face. The opera-tor said that I made a grimace just as he took a pictureof the THE BATTLE WITH LODORE 53 We landed on the island below and talked of campingthere for the night, as it was getting late; but the islandwas so rocky and inhospitable that we concluded to trythe lower part of the rapid. This had no descent likethe upper end; but it was very shallow, and we soonfound ourselves on rocks, unable to proceed any took an hour of hard labour to work our heavy boatssafely to the shore. We had been hoping for a rest the next day — Sun-day — but the island was such a disagreeable place tocamp that it seemed necessary to cross to the mainlandat least. A coil of strong, pliable wire had been includedin our material. Here was a chance to use it to advan-tage. The stream on the left side of the island could bewaded, although it was very swift; and we managed toget the wire across and well fastened
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