Record Details
pages 126-127
Oregon Digital
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Identifier | ORU_WTXT_025bl http://oregondigital.org/u?/wwdl,278 |
| Title | pages 126-127 |
| Relation | The Columbia Unveiled |
| Date | 2004-07-12 |
| Rights | This item is in the public domain. Acknowledgement of the University of Oregon Libraries as a source is requested. |
| Type | page |
| Format | Scanned from originals using Silverfast AI 6.0 on UMAX Powerlook III flatbed scanner. Scanned images saved as 16 bit grayscale tiffs. 96,123 bytes 8 bit - Gray Gamma 2.2 - grayscale Omnipage 14 used to OCR 8 bit grayscale tiffs and generate text files for full text access. 16 bit grayscale tiffs edited in Photoshop 6.0: cropped, rotated, reduced in size, levels adjusted from 0 - 1.00 - 255 to 0 - 1.00 - 249, bit depth reduced to 8 and JPEGs created. |
| Description | Lining down stream is just the opposite of the method used in going upstream. "The boat is kept pushed off shore with the pike pole, the current carrying it down, and the boatman holding fast to the tow line. For one man to line down stream is about as tough a proposition as anyone wants to undertake, for in spite of everything he can do, the boat is constantly against the shore, her sides grinding on the rocks. In the rapids there is always a side swell from the violently agitated water in... |
