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Show quieted down ; ( the Elie ) boat 537 ( made inade ) pretty good ( progress- progress progress ) . ( up ilip ) to the foot of the rapids , Paria rapids , ( below below- below ) lees Ferry ; in ( what wbat ) would be called ( comparatively coniparatively- coniparatively ) easy water , below the Paria rapids ; wanted to see , if the boat would go up Paria rapids ; felt confident it would go up the ( stream stretain ) ; it ( wouldn't wouldnt ) go up Paria , rapids under its own power ; ( had bad ) to get out and help , tow the boat through the greater part of the rapids , . perhaps half way up the rapids . ( llien Then ) there ( wasn't wasnt ) water enough ; it had shifted over toward the east bank of the river , and the man in the tow line pulling had to turn ( loose-Mr looseMr ) . Cobb was the ( boatman boatnian ) in charge of the boat ; he got out , and with the assistance of Mr . Cobb ( lifting lifting- lifting ) it over rocks and things of that ( kind kilid ) , and its own power , they finally got it up over the rapids . Then it ( was -was was ) easy going in to Lees Ferry . ( That That- That ) was the end of the second day ( from froin ) Flagstaff . ( The The- The ) ( next uext ) day we put on this load on the boat , decking ( it if- if ) up as far as we could carry it with supplies for the men doing the topographic work in connection ( with -with with ) the survey , and ( we -we we ) made about fourteen ( miles nAles ) the . first day . Quite a few times we got out on the banks and helped tow the boat , to make ( time tinie ) ; it could just hold its own against the current . That was just a swift stream ( there thcre ) ; there were no rapids or riffles . in that part of the ( streani-yes streaniyes ) ; just before ( iiight-- iiight ) fall we struck a riffle , and tried to make it ( and aud ) ( couldn't couldnt ) , and dropped back down the river , and . |