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Show 29 -- 26-- Got through there without any mishaps. Any man experienced in boating need not have any hesitation about going over them. Lined his boat at No. 5 Rapids in Cataract Canyon. " Q Just tell us what you mean by lining boats again. What did you do when you lined the boats? A When you line boats, you run them ashore at the head of the rapids, and preferably you turn them about, so that the stern is downstream. Then the men on shore take the bow line on out; other men on shore take the stern line, and the force of the current then carries your boat down along the stream, along the shore. But the force of the current is so great that exceeding care is needed to keep the boat from piling up on the rocks. Therefore, it is necessary for men to wade out into the water and lead the boat around, haul it around, etc. There is always danger that the fores of the current will, as they say, get the " bulge" on the boat; that is, the force of the current coming between the shore and the bow. Then your boat turns back and goes toward the middle of the stream, and then it is dashed back on the river, so far as I know, have been wrecked by being caught in holes or whirlpools while lining along the large rapids. It is an extremely difficult and dangerous operation, and not at all what it might seem simply to let them down along the shore." R. 78- 79. He remembers fairly well about lining boats, because the members of the Expedition always unloaded the boats |