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Page 117
... boat slid upon the bowlders and stopped short - stuck fast ! Two placer miners , who had come to watch the fun , dashed to the rescue . With a long pole they pried while the boatmen tugged on their sweeps . Williams , lying flat with ...
... boat slid upon the bowlders and stopped short - stuck fast ! Two placer miners , who had come to watch the fun , dashed to the rescue . With a long pole they pried while the boatmen tugged on their sweeps . Williams , lying flat with ...
Page 134
... boat . But after a half hour's labor the boat was again free . Rice Creek was our first camp without good fresh water , thus marking the transi- tion from the mountains , where clear streams abound , and the more arid plateau country ...
... boat . But after a half hour's labor the boat was again free . Rice Creek was our first camp without good fresh water , thus marking the transi- tion from the mountains , where clear streams abound , and the more arid plateau country ...
Page 338
... boats chasing each other at in- tervals of 150 feet . Some " bumps " are mere touches ; others are really violent blows . I well remember rowing in a boat which was hit so hard it sank outright in the middle of the river , whereupon our ...
... boats chasing each other at in- tervals of 150 feet . Some " bumps " are mere touches ; others are really violent blows . I well remember rowing in a boat which was hit so hard it sank outright in the middle of the river , whereupon our ...
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My Flight Across Antarctica By LINCOLN ELLSWORTH__ | 1 |
Little laboratories Boston Massachusetts | 64 |
Clearwater river Idaho | 133 |
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