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Show as , to make it a good deal 514 easier to handle the boats . . ( iPhat That ) was his own idea , not tried before on that , river . These boats were rather the outcome of ( ALi- ALi ) . . ( Galloway's Galloways ) and his own experience and were quite different ( from froin ) any that had been built for that ( pur- pur ) pose theretofore . That appliance was afterwards used on what ( Las has ) been termed the Galloway type of boat . ( E . 1783-1784 ) He describes this skag as a piece of oak two inches thick and about five inches in height at the stern , sloping down wedge shape to ( almost 'almost almost ) nothing at the center of the boat . Its purpose was the same as a ( fan-shaped fanshaped faii-shaped faiishaped ) centerboard , so that in quiescent stretches of the river where they went down bow first it kept the boat from swinging . ( R . 1785 ) They carried life preservers as part of their ( equip- equip ) ( ment nient ) . They were of cork that would sustain a dead weight of eighty pounds . ( R . 1785 . ) He describes the trip through Cataract Canyon as one continuous effort . The water is turbulent there with a great many rocks in the channel . . At the head of practically every rapid , , not all , ( how- how ) ever , they found a quiescent pool . . ( R . ( 1785 1-785 ) . ) They would land on either one side or the other , , secure the boats ( firmly firinly ) to rocks , then make their way down the talus slope to the foot of the rapid . . By looking upstream they could easily identify the sunken rocks , the rocks immediately below the surface of the water that might be dangerous if you struck them . . He could then pick out the best channel . , |