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The Colorado River 
camping hour came, we had put behind seven miles with five 
rapids and the extra bad one where the boats were lowered. 
No whirlpools were encountered, the stage of water not be¬ 
ing favourable for them. As previously noted, every stage of 
water produces different conditions, so that the navigator on 
this river can never be certain of what he will find. Our course 
through Whirlpool was neither difficult nor dangerous, as we 
were able to make landings at the few bad places and ran the 
Island Park, Green River. 
Between Whirlpool and Split-Mountain Canyons. 
Photograph by E. O. Beaman, U. S. Colo. Riv. Exp. 
rest of the rapids without damage of any kind. Only one 
camp was made in this beautiful gorge, and there we slept, or 
tried to sleep, for two nights. Myriads of ants swarmed over 
the spot and made every hour more or less of a torment. 
They extended their investigations into every article brought 
out of the boats. During the whole time their armies marched 
and countermarched over, around, and through ourselves and 
everything we possessed. We saw a number of mountain sheep 
in this canyon, but owing to the quickness of the sheep and the 
