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pages 352-353

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Identifier ORU_WTXT_026hf http://oregondigital.org/u?/wwdl,818
Title pages 352-353
Relation Down The Columbia
Date 2004-08-23
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Description of rock-reefs which, until I drew near them, seemed to block the way completely. It was a sinuous course I wound in threading my way through the ugly basaltic out-croppings, but the comparatively slow water robbed it of any menace. Once clear of the rocks, I found myself at the head of the long, lake-like stretch of water backed up above Celilo Falls. The low rumble of the greatest cataract of the lower Columbia was already pulsing in the air, while a floating cloud of "water-smoke," white...

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