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boat up the rapid. Dan and I, and Peter 

 Johann went on ahead with a long rope which 

 we wound round a rock. One of the Finns 

 went in the boat with a long pole to keep the 

 stern clear of rocks, while the third man tied 

 a pole to the hows of the boat and, walking 

 along the bank, kept her from getting smashed 

 against the side of the fall. We had to keep 

 pulling in front all we knew to keep the bows 

 of the boat out of the water. We did not 

 envy the Finn in the boat, but he did not seem 

 to care a bit, and poled away like a man, with 

 the water rushing past him. We got the boat 

 up at last almost full of water. It was fairly 

 easy after this ; the only difficulty being the 

 want of water in places where the river 

 broadened out. We reached Keniovuopio at 

 about seven o'clock on the evening of the ist. 

 It was our intention to have about]twelve hours' 

 sleep here, so Dan told the Finns not to wake 

 us till ten the next morning. I immediately 

 went to sleep, whilst Dan sat up, blowing and 

 marking eggs, seemingly still untired. He 

 must have gone to sleep about 9. 30. However, 

 1 woke up at ten o'clock, and seeing that it was 

 ten, I immediately woke up Dan, as 1 thought 

 it was ten the next day. He went to wake the 

 Finns up and it was not till we had gone two 



