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feet high. Again we thought of what the people of
Albuquerque told us about the river passing under
the mountain. 1 his cliff was just at the cud of the
decline and square across the front of the current,
which dashed the water up against the cliff. We
all began to fear that we were blocked at last. We
walked down to the lower end of the decline and
found that there the river made an abrupt turn to
the left. This angle could not be seen from above
the rapids. Now the question arose how we were
to keep our boats from striking against the cliff.
This seemed unavoidable upon first view, but after
observing the action of the water at the foot of the
cliff and seeing how the undercurrent in striking
against the cliff would roll up and cause a back
current on top, we saw that this would prevent the
boats from coining in contact with the cliff, So it
did, and we passed over this puzzling place and
continued our way all jolly and happy over
accomplishing what others had deemed impossible.
Towards evening we noticed a good camping
ground, and some one called out: “Look, over there
is a nice place to camp.” Mr. Stover in the first
boat said: “No, I guess not. The sun is not down
yet. It’s too early to camp.” He stood in the bow
of the boat and with his hand over his eyes looked
at the place. “Oh, well, we had better go on till
sundown. We will find a. place then.” He had
scarcely spoken the word before the boat struck a
snag and over lie went into the water. He escaped
with a thorough soaking.
Then some one called out: “Say, Stover, hadn’t
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