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pages 304-305

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Identifier ORU_WTXT_026gg http://oregondigital.org/u?/wwdl,794
Title pages 304-305
Relation Down The Columbia
Date 2004-08-17
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 back up the "intake" of the fall, but there was one loop-hole which looked worth exploring before risking an almost certain mess-up in trying to work down the side of the cascade. I have mentioned that I had expected to find a whirlpool under the big jutting rock. The only reason there wasn't one was because what at high water must have been a very considerable back channel took out at this point and acted as a sort of safety-valve. There was still a stream a few inches deep flowing out...

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