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pages 346-347

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Identifier ORU_WTXT_026hc http://oregondigital.org/u?/wwdl,815
Title pages 346-347
Relation Down The Columbia
Date 2004-08-23
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 of course, out of the question. I simply slid off backwards on to the bottom and wriggled forward in a sitting position until I felt my spine against the thwart. That brought her nose out of the clouds, and she settled down still farther when, after getting my elbows over the seat behind me, I worked up into a rowing position. The whirlpool was spinning from right to left, and one quick stroke with my left oar—against the current of the "spin," that is—was enough to shoot her clear. Bad...

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