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Show by ( himself hinisolf ) in the other motor 926 boat , which ( was Nvas ) attached ! to the other scow . ( R . 3661-3662 . ) Encountered sand bars , more frequently than coming down ; it wash naturally a harder trip , being upstream . But after the high water they had had the sand bars had changed their position , and even the larger ( landmarks landniarks ) that he , tried to remember were removed , and the ones the , older members of the party remembered were ( re- re ) . . moved . Of course , there were ( such suell ) places where . there were permanent landmarks along the bank , but the channel of the river had been changed in a great . many places , and he remembers distinctly being , amazed at how they had been changed in places . . There ( were ivere ) places that ( were vere ) ( high higli ) places ( when -when when ) they came back that were covered with water when they went down . But the high places were more easily avoided , jumping around upstream , because if you . found a bar it was easy to work backwards and get to . the channel . However , there were places where they had to get out and pull and push . ( R . 3662 . ) Boats . . were tied up to shore at night . He made observations , as to the effect of the sand upon their boats when ( tliey tliey- tliey ) were tied to the shore ; they tried to get as secure and safe a place as possible . There were occasions when , during the night , while precaution was taken as . much as possible , the sand would wear away or , build up around the boats occasionally . The sand was very shifting , of course , and at different stages in the water , except at high water , they did not know what to expect , and they were either settled into a bar , or it would move and dissolve verv ( cmickly ouicl-ly ouiclly ) . . |