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Show 236 : ( She The ) ( boats'used boatsused ) by him on ( tbis this ) ( expedition expe'dition- expedition ) were too heavy to carry , so that logs were used as rollers and the boats rolled past the rapids where ( portage portaged ) , was made . Orders ( were ivere ) given that life preservers should be used in running all rapids and none of the men were allowed to ride the boats during that time . With the exception of the rapid near ( Dark Darl- Darl ) Canyon , which is the last bad rapid in Cataract Canyon , ( 110 no ) serious trouble was encountered with rapids . ( R . 837- 838 . ) As a conservative estimate , some of the waves at the rapids would be twelve feet high . You could take the level of the river , it went up twelve feet above that level . Below the wave there is a hollow place ; you can get twelve feet from the top of the wave to the bottom of that hollow place . In taking the boat through , it is necessary to hit that wave head on . There are not so many of those in a rapid , two or three , and they would ( en- en ) deavor to keep a straight course in going through . those ; then if ( we -we we ) had to avoid rocks , try to get some place where the waves ( weren't werent ) so large , and turn quartering to the current and ( work -work work ) out of that channel into a new one . In ( going croing ) through a rapid of this character , you invariably get water in your boat ; lots of ( tunes times ) the boat would ( fill-the fillthe ) open compartment would fill instantly with one of those waves ; they would be seated in water clear up to the gunnels . ( R . 839 . ) |
