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flows slnoj^islily on its course. Tlie i^nides iiifoniKMl us 

 tliat the next ton miles, from .A[oos(^liorn to Cliesuneook 

 Lake, we won Id iivt a tast(^ of rongli water, and, snre 

 enonoh, tlie first f)end in the ri\-er disclosed foam and rocks. 

 The river became sliallow and rapid, and rocks poked their 



They Watched Us as We Passed. 



heads tliron^li tlie stream in every direction. The i>uides 

 stood np, substitntino- poles for ]>addk^s. It was wonderful 

 with what skill they handled the canoes in the onrushino: 

 waters and among the oreat boulders. Time and aoain it 

 looked as if we were lioing' headlong into a rock, but a jab 

 of the pole would turn the canoe into the channel again. 

 Thus the dreaded Fox Hole, Rocky Rips and Pine Stream 

 Falls were safelv run. 



