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Show '' * % * < * * , 820 Canyon ( Rapids lZapids ) and ( the Cie ) stems ( wore were ) transferred to the boat at that point . JR . 3146 . ) Further ( direct dired ) ( examination exmahzation ) ( R . Vol . 17 , pp . 3146-3154 ) : The first raft referred to was fastened ( together togetber ) with ropes and cables . The equipment carried ou these rafts weighed five tons ; that is , freight was ( paid 'paid paid ) on that weight for ( wood -wood wood ) , iron , and all . Got hung up on Shock Rapids ; went down ( and and- and ) unloaded our boat on an island at the lower end of Shock Rapids ; came back up to the rapids ; tried to pry it off , but ( couldn't couldnt ) , so unloaded the stuff from there into our boat , took it on down to where had left the other at ( tlie Die ) lower end of the island . ( R . 3147 . ) In getting off at Shock Rapids it was necessary to get into thewater , ( -which which vhich ) was about knee deep , and the rocks sticking up in it are ( what -what what ) hung up the raft . It was necessary to carry the raft ( for- for ) ward in order to get it off the rocks . It was quite a ways through there ; probably stretches where it would float for fifteen or twenty feet , then hang up again . They would try to pry ( it A ) off and go on down . Maybe it would go one ( hun- hun ) dred feet at a time . That stretch of water through there is probably ( one-eighth oneeighth ) of a ( mile inile ) long , the bad part . ( R . 3148 . ) They finally arrived down at Rincon , after ( be- be ) ing hung ( up -up up ) on a rock in the middle of the river below Shock Rapid , ( where wheTe ) they were held for some |