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Show Only one of the rapids 232 in Cataract ( Oanyon Canyon ) was , lined although it is his ( opinion ophiliola ) that good judgment would be used in lining lots of them . There is a rapid at Dark Canyon similar to one or two others above , but it is a very bad rapid , and they had run that rapid on their former trip ; it ( didn't didnt ) look any worse than lots of the other rapids that they had gone over with their boats . ( R . 832 . ) There was one of these islands he speaks of that projected above the water , or sand and rocks , not gravel , but rocks , ( projecting projectincr ) above . On the south side , pretty close to the south side , it was in sort of a shoestring shape , that is , a very long , narrow piece of high land in the middle of the river , or above the water , and it ( wasn't wasnt ) continuous ; ( some- some ) times there would be a little water connecting parts of it . The rapid is in the shape of the letter ( "S S ) . " He looked it over quite a long time , and at first thought he would try to run it on the south side , but gave it up because there was not sufficient water there . In many cases ( he lie ) would pick out a very narrow channel where he knew the boat would just slip through , the width of the boat would just get through ( , 7 ) sneak through , instead of picking the ( big big- big ) water out in the center of the river . First he thought ( he lie ) might get through on that channel , but gave it ( up -up up ) , then attempted to run one of the larger boats through on the north ( side-northwest sidenorthwest ) side , it would ( be-and beand ) he was very much afraid of a very sharp bend close to the lower part of the rapid ; he had to pull away from the shore ; ( he lie ) ( didn't didnt didu't didut ) want to |