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Show 233 , get carried into that bend , because the waterixan over a great ( rock roek ) right at the point , and he knew it would upset the boat if he got into it , and in ( en- en ) deavoring to avoid that he pulled too far , and the ; ( boat 'boat boat ) was thrown up on one of these islands where the water was crossing between , and ( was -was was ) held on the rocks . ( R . 833 . ) At first it was level , and then the water running over the stern shoved that end down , and the other end up , and he was marooned about fifty feet from the shore . The engineers were on the south side of the shore , and after a few ( attempts -attempts attempts ) managed to throw a light line to ( him Min ) , and pulled a heavier rope across ; they attached that to the painter , or the line attached to the bow of the boat . He wanted to keep it from getting dragged ( under mider ) , and secure it in case it would swing loose of its own accord . After ( pulling PuUili ) on the rope , ( attempt attempt- attempt ) ¬ ing to pull it loose , they gave it up and made motions for him to come to the ( shore-one shoreone ) can not hear ( any any- any ) ¬ thing above the roar of the rapid . They wore life preservers , he held to the rope ; they elevated it as high as they could , on the shore , with logs ; he hung to the rope with his legs and his hands , and pulled himself across ; the rope sagged down into ( the -the the ) water ; the force of the rapid ( almost ahnost ) pulled him loose , but he managed to get to where the other men on shore could reach him and ( help hell ) him ( with -with with ) their hands . The boat remained there all ( night night7 ) lot of valuable material in it , some of the maps of ( i the survey , and he knew it was in the part that ( was -was was ) projecting above the water . |