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Show 5729 179 A That is a rapid through which the boats went without any difficulty, though. Mr. Trimble will be able to give the fall of that rapid. The next place where there was a swift current was at The Narrows, and it was at that [; ace where it looked like all members of the party would be required to enter the boats to go through. There was a little rise in that river, and the water was so rough that we feared the boats would be overload-ed, if the seven members of the party would get into all the boats. But Christensen and I, being the heaviest fellows in the bunch, decided that we would go and try to climb up the cliffs, and get around over the place, and by crawling on our hands and knees, we managed to get through, and then built a fire below the Narrows to raise a smoke to tell the other fellows that we had gotten over. It took us almost half a day to climb over. And about noon, the river had run down suffi-ciently for the boats to come through safely. Q What do you mean by " run down sufficiently"? A The crest of the flood had passed. Q Well, just described it. A Well, the water was so rough during that little flood flowing through the Narrows that the waves would throw water |
