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pages 180-image

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Identifier ORU_WTXT_026dl http://oregondigital.org/u?/wwdl,722
Title pages 180-image
Relation Down The Columbia
Date 2004-08-10
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Description lined below the rollers, but not without reiterating the old warning about not dipping too deep, and being quick about throwing the oar free from its oar-lock if a whirlpool started to drag down the blade. We had a lively five minutes of it, what with the whirl-pools trying to suck her stern under and the geysers trying to toss her bow on high ; but they never had us in serious trouble. They did spin her all the way round, though, in spite of all the three of us could do to hold her, and as...

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