ids. I was born within twenty miles 
of what I consider as the most treach¬ 
erous stream in the northwest, namely 
the Columbia River that rises in Brit¬ 
ish Columbia and flows through the 
State of Washington. I have always 
been near swift flowing streams and 
there is an indescribable lure for me 
in the song of the rapids. 
In the larger streams of the north¬ 
west the high water period does not 
come till along in June and even later, 
at that time the snow in the mountains 
melts from the excessive heat of the 
scorching sun. It was well along in 
May that Wells and I rafted down the 
Athabasca and the water was very low. 
The lower the water, the rougher the 
rapids will be and the more narrow 
the channels, so one will see why this is 
the most dangerous period in which to 
attempt the navigation of these 
streams. The worst places are where 
the main channel is divided into two 
or more parts, and if one is not ac¬ 
quainted with the stream he will often 
get into the wrong channel and thus 
cause himself considerable trouble. 
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There is but one really bad place 
in the Ghost Rapids, and I have twice 
come through this channel on a raft. 
I do not think that anything under 
a twenty-foot boat would live through 
it! It is the left hand channel, where 
the stream is divided into three parts 
at a point some two miles from the 
lower end of the rapids. If one is not 
familiar with the water course he will 
naturally take the channel that seems 
to have the most water flowing through 
it, there being less likelihood of run¬ 
ning into rocks, etc. The particular 
channel I speak of drops sharply 
against a sandstone cliff, and the force 
of the current threatens to wreck one 
against the forbidding wall. 
Into this trap Wells and I raced 
with the speed of an express. We 
could no more work with our paddles 
than we could fly; instead we clung 
onto the raft and waited for the worst. 
A well balanced boat or canoe, in rid¬ 
ing rough water, will, if handled by 
an expert, leap from crest to crest (if 
they are not too far apart as in the 
case of this channel). On the other 
hand, a rait ploughs right through 
and the waves will wash right over 
her. This is what happened to the 
one that Wells and I rode, and but 
for the fact that we clung desperately 
to the ropes and wires that lashed our 
load on, we would have been washed 
overboard. We gazed fascinated at the 
black wall as it rushed to meet us, but 
just at the very instant when we 
thought to be dashed against it, the 
recoiling current gave us a mighty toss 
toward the middle of the stream and 
we were safe again. Such are the 
whims of the mighty forces of Nature 
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