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pomers, that we would not have hesitated to leap a fall of ten feet-with her. 
We put to shore for breakfast, at.some willows on the right-bank, immedi- 
ately below the mouth.of the cafion ; for it wasnow 8,o’elock, and we had 
been working since laylight, and were all wet, fatigued, and — 
While the men were preparing breakfast, I went out to reconnoitre. 
view was very limited. The course of thet river, was smooth,-so far as T 
could see; on both sides were broken hills; and but.a mile or two below 
was another high ridge. The rock at the mouth of theeafon was still the 
decomposing granite, with great..quantities of mica, which. made avery 
glittering sand 
We re-embarked at 9.0’clock, and in about twenty minutes soeblade the: 
next cahon. Landing on a roc cky shore at its commencement, we ascended: 
the ridge to reconnoiire. . Portage was out of the question. So far as we 
could see, the jagged rocks pointed out the course of the cafion, ona wind- 
ing line of seven or eight miles. . It was simply a narrow, dark chasm: in. 
the rock ; and here the.perpendicular faces were much-higher than in the: 
previous ‘pass, being at this end two to three hundred, and further eae 
we afterwards ascertained, five hundred feet in vertical height. 
vious success had made us bold, and we determined again to run the cafion.. 
Every thing was secured as firmly as possible ;.and havin fasosies as 
selves of the greater part of our clothing, we pushed into i 
save our chronometer from aceident, Mr. Preuss took it, and atidtopted es 
pretest along the shore on the masses of, rock, which in places were piled 
on.either side ; but, after he had walked about.five minutes, every thing 
like shore disappeared, and the vertical wall came squarely down.into the: 
water. He therefore waited until we came up. An ugly pass lay before us 
We had made fast. tothe stern of the boat.a strong rope about fifty feet longs: 
and three of the men clambered along among the rocks, and with this rope. 
let her down slowly through the pass. Inseveral places high rocks lay scat-. 
tered about in the channel; and in the narrows it required all our strength: 
and skill.to avoid staving the boat onthe sharp points. In one of these, the 
beat proved a little too broad, and stuck fast for an instant, while the water 
flew over'us; fortunately, it was but for an instant, as our united strength. 
found her immediately through. The water swept, overboard only a sextant: 
a pair of saddlebags. I caught the nexiens 3 it passed by me; but the 
ssediabems: became the. prey.of the whirlpools. We reached the place where 
Mr. Preuss was standing, took him on board, Ems with they a of the boat, 
ere We found gt is 
passage much worse than the previous one,and our siti tion w : a bad, 
one. “To go back; was impossible; before.ts, he cataract was a sheet of 
sack >and shut up in the chasm by the roc cks, which, in some Eee seemed. | 
st to meet overhead, the roar of the wate er was deafen pa 
9 again ; b ats after making a little distance, the force of the a became. 
athe men on shore, and two of them let go the rope: Lajeunesse,. 
the third man, hung on, and was jerked headforemost inte the river from a» 
rock about twelve feet high; and down the boat shot like an rapste Basil. 
following us im the rapid eurrent, and exerting all his strength toskeep in) 
mid channel his head ad only seen occasionally like a black spot in the white- 
oam. How far Smanieksio. oi ¢ xactly know ; but we succeeded in turn- 
ing the boat info ae — eddy below... ©’ Cré Dieu,’ said Basi. Lajeunesse, as: 
he arrived immedi ean er : erois bien cuez’ si nagé un demi mile.”’ vs 
He had.owed his life ‘his as @ swimmer, “an I determined t+ take 
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