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Show 0-15 return to the head of the rapids aild run the boats through . . It would be rather foolish to go in ( pell- pell ) inell , without looking them over first . . ( R . 1786 . ) He does not recall how many rapids he found in Cataract Canyon , but I should say around forty that they counted as rapids ill probably forty miles . . Did not lose ( any ally ) boats ( in ill ) Cataract Canyon . . It was necessary to portage ( some soine ) of the rapids . . He does not recall how ( many mally ) . These portages that were made required them to take the boats entirely out of the water ; ( other- other ) ivise it ( wouldn't wouldnt ) be a portage unless you did . At other places they lined the boats through . In ( lin- lin ) ing the boats through , they unloaded them in some instances and in some not ; that all depended on what that particular situation was ; if they thought it was safe to line them without unloading them , they naturally got out of as much work as they could , * and they ( didn't didnt ) , , unload them . If they thought it was unsafe , they unloaded them , and portaged the loads down to where they could be loaded up again . ( R . 1786-1787 . ) In one instance he purposely went into the heavy waves in a rapid ill Cataract Canyon , because it looked as if it was free from rocks , and the photographer wanted a picture of a boat in big waves . The boat had about eighteen inches freeboard , but became filled with water . Everythingwas swept out of it except ( him- him ) self and the supplies , which were ( ulide-r ulider ) the canvas covers . Two waves swept entirely over the boat |
