At the Sea 
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feet farther down. He had on his cork jacket and was saved, 
though he was ducked again and carried along swiftly by the 
tremendous current. The second boat had better luck and 
came through in time to pick Stanton up. The damaged boat 
was gotten off with a hole in her side ten by eighteen inches, 
which was closed by a copper patch at the first chance, the air 
chambers having kept the craft afloat. After this the bad 
rapids were soon ended, 
and on the morning of 
March 17th (1890) the 
party emerged into an 
open country and upon a 
peaceful, quiet river. Con¬ 
tinuing down through 
Black and the other can¬ 
yons, and through the 
intervening valleys, they 
reached, on the 26th of 
April, the salt tide where 
Alargon, three and a half 
centuries earlier, had first 
put a keel upon these 
turbulent waters, the only 
party thus far to make the 
entire passage from the 
Junction to the sea. And 
as yet no one has made 
the complete descent from 
Green River Valley to the 
counter-current of the Ti¬ 
dal Bore, so if there is any reader who desires to distinguish 
himself here is a feat still open to him. 
Stanton deserves much praise for his pluck and determina¬ 
tion and good judgment in carrying this railway survey to a 
successful issue, especially after the discouraging disasters of 
the first attempt. He holds the data and believes the project 
will some day be carried out. From the foregoing pages the 
reader may judge the probabilities in the case. 
On the Bright Angel Trail. 
Photograph by T. Mitchell Prudden. 
