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Show at regular intervals 150 , and as these waves are of such force , the bends in the river so sharp , and the current so swift on account of the rise , it is difficult to land to see the rapids ahead . I fear we may be drawn into one of these swells just as we approach a rapid , and , unable to get out of it , be carried over the rapid with it . This , I believe , would be utter destruction to the boat and the ( men's mens ) lives . Hence , I conclude to stop where we are till morning , believing that the ( "tidal tidal ) ( wave" wave ) will subside and not thinking it right to run such a risk without more thought . It is hard to imagine the force and ( gran- gran ) deur of this phenomena . The greatness of the stream , the height and width of the waves , the narrow canyon , the towering walls , our perfect helplessness on the water , our boats like little chips tossed from one side to the other , turned round and round and perfectly unmanageable , and it is ( some some- some ) thing to inspire awe and caution . We go into camp 91 on the right bank . Hite ( Abs . R . vol . 2 , p . 915 ) describes the building up and washing away of bars in a few hours by the ( rising Tising ) and falling water . Chenoweth ( Abs . R . vol . 2 , p . 996 ) , in oral ( testi- testi ) mony , showed where a bar at the mouth of Halls Creek sufficient to form a rapid with a ( 5-foot 5foot ) drop , had disappeared entirely between July and ( Septem Septem- Septem ) ber , 1921 . Oral testimony by Loper and others in ( the 'the the ) record as follows , who are most familiar with the |