RECONNAISSANCE 



through a rock canyon with rapids above and be- 

 low. The lower ones, which because of others still 

 farther down the river, we have called the Middle 

 Rapids, are within a particularly wild gorge rather 

 difficult to get past when loaded with heavy packs. 

 The next night we camped beside the Middle 

 Rapids after emerging from the gorge. Here we 

 found fine water in a spring and also in a cold 

 pool among the rocks. 



The next day, the 23rd we made our way down 

 to the Dory Landing, only to find that the dory 

 had been seriously damaged during our absence 

 by chafing against a rock near the high tide level, 

 doubtless during the storm of the 21st. After 

 launching the dory it was necessary to bale con- 

 tinuously to keep the water down until we could 

 reach Camp Lloyd. 



Much has happened during our absence. The 

 wind velocity during the southeast storm of the 

 21st was measured at our observatory as 120 miles 

 per hour for a period of two minutes on the new 

 three-cup single-register anemometer loaned us by 

 the U. S. Weather Bureau. At Camp Lloyd 

 with a hand anemometer Church had obtained 

 much the same value. The storm arrived coming 

 off the ice-cap from the southeast on Thursday 

 afternoon, the 21st, and continued through Friday 



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