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Show 235 over the rocks ; that boat they overturned ; ( had bad ) life lines around all boats ; had drilled ourselves in it ; when a boat overturned always caught the life line ; as went over , he held , and the boat drifted into quieter water ; some of the men on shore came down , threw a life line to him ; ( he lie ) was pulled to the shore . He made a third attempt with the next boat , ( over- over ) turned with that , and the man had this other boat empty , and came out and pulled him ashore . All three boats were at the end of the rapid ; none of them were broken . Advised his brother to line his . boat , and that was done ( ; - ) he ( didn't didnt ) attempt to run his boat . With three upsets , three boats , they got . through . On the right shore at this particular rapid ( the the- the ) banks came very close to the rapid , and then there was a steep talus slope of rock that came right down into the water . ( R . 836 . ) On the south ( shore- shore ) on the left shore , there was quite a wide sand ( bar- bar ) gravel bar and rocks mixed in with it . It was muddy from high water , silt in it , that a person steers into very easily ; it is nasty stuff to get through ; you sink in it to your ankles , on account of its being wet mixture of quicksand silt mud , , , , sand , and rocks . ( R . 837 . ) In lining a boat through the rapids ( tb- tb ) boat is maneuvered by ( means mearis ) of ropes tied to the bow and stern while the boatmen are on the bank . A ( port- port ) age is made by actually dragging the boat out of the water and carrying or transferring it along the pole past the rapids . |
