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pages 242-243

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Identifier ORU_WTXT_026ey http://oregondigital.org/u?/wwdl,761
Title pages 242-243
Relation Down The Columbia
Date 2004-08-16
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 in using his power at the right time and in the right way. A hundred-ton tugboat would have been helpless in stopping the raft once it started to go in the wrong direction. The trick was to start it right and not let it go wrong, Ike explained—just like raising pups or kids. It was certainly no job for a novice, and I found constant reassurance in the consummate "raftsmanship" our taciturn engineer was displaying. The hills on both sides of the river grew loftier and more rugged as we ran...

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