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stream, over which it boiled with white foam. How- 

 ever, there was paddle-room, and I was really far safer 

 than five minutes before under the branches. Whilst 

 happily congratulating myself on my escape from so 

 many difficulties, I turned a sharp corner ; a long branch 

 lay athwart the stream from side to side, two feet above 

 the water; the boat passed under it, but I could not 

 diminish myself sufficiently to pass under it too, so was 

 upset in an instant, and fell in head first 



