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pages 174-175

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Identifier ORU_WTXT_025cj http://oregondigital.org/u?/wwdl,330
Title pages 174-175
Relation The Columbia Unveiled
Date 2004-07-14
Rights This item is in the public domain. Acknowledgement of the University of Oregon Libraries as a source is requested.
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Description investigation before running. I landed on the right, where there is a considerable bank and climbed to its top where I could look down the whole length of the agitated water. At Gordon Rapids the breakers start near each shore, approach each other as they descend, forming a sort of > and at their lower end are divided into two channels by a small gravel bar. Between the two lines of breakers is a sheet of swift, smooth water, without obstructions. It looked safe, if the smooth sheet were...

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