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with the tides. We were now confronted with the problem of 
taking our loaded boats up the Hardy a distance variously esti- 
mated at 125 to 150 miles against a flood current and with the 
land contiguous to the channel inundated, making camping a per- 
plexing problem. Tracking from the muddy shores, wading in 
the shallower flats and rowing we made the first stage of a few 
miles to a point called the “Salada” on the south bank of the 
Fic. d ( Pluchea sericea), willow, 
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and canes ( Phragmites). Cucopa Mountains in background. 
Hardy on April 2, and succeeded in finding a small area of 
saline soil not flooded. 
The banks of the Hardy above this point are densely covered 
with a growth of mesquite, cattails, and willows and further 
progress had to be made by pulling against the current making one 
to two miles per hour. In some places we found that the entire 
country was flooded for many miles on both sides of the channel, 
