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was a continuous rapid, accentuated by eight heavy falls. The 
boats sped along at high speed, but the way being clear we 
did not often stop, passing two places where the former expe¬ 
dition made portages. We had a glimpse of a creek coming in 
Looking up a Side Canyon of the Grand Canyon in the Kaibab Division. 
Photograph by J. K. Hillers, U. S. Colo. Riv. Exp. 
on the right which looked interesting, but it was left behind in 
a moment as the boats shot along between the dark granite 
walls. At a quarter past five we ran up to a sand-bank where 
a lone willow tree was growing. Here we made a camp. The 
canyon spread a little and the wide sand-bank appeared to our 
