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Show and see which way the most 313 ( water -water water ) is going , and say , ( "Well Well ) , looks like it is going here , because it is ( wider" wider ) ; get into it , and the first thing they know , they are stuck . If the other course , where the river has ( divided- divided ) probably be deeper and not so ( wide-when widewhen ) they get ( stuck-the stuckthe ) back of the boat always strikes first then swings around on them , because they are stuck , and lose control of the boat , and time and again swing the wrong way and get stuck worse . ( R 1166-1167 . ) This is the big boat ( he lie ) is ( describing describihg ) . So they ( al- al ) ways have a small boat along ( with'them withthem ) . Will get out in it and feel around and see which way to ( go 90 ) ; sometimes we ( don't dont ) go then until they take a line ashore and pull the boat the way they want to go and get into deeper ( water -water water ) again , and probably go on all right for a good while . Had more trouble in operation of that boat at low water because there ( wasn't wasnt ) sufficient water in the , river to float the boat properly . ( R . 1167-1168 . ) High water occurs during May and June of ( eacli each ) year because of melting snow . When a raise comes in the river because of rains , navigability ( condi condi-1- condi1 ) ( tions tious ) become worse . The water comes down the river ( in iii ) a rush sometimes builds a bar clear across , the river which is very difficult to cross and causing delays of a day or two in boating . In normal water more miles ( per pq ) hour can be made downstream with the big boat but in case a sand |