O'Reilly, John Boyle, 1844-1890 · Boston, Ticknor and company · leaf 339
buried, andwith a lifting push, his boat slipped over the stoneand rushed down the rapid like a leaf. The other canoes followed, avoidinij: the buriedstone. It was a vigorous little rush—about twohundred yards in leniith, and not fifteen feet inwidth. The water was deep, but its spec;d madeit rise… … DOWN THE DELAWARE RIVER. 301) heap of boiling breakers, still running like mad.Next moment we floated into smooth water, andturned and looked back at our first rapid withmuch lauiihiniJ^ and conirratulation. The rapid, or rift (on the Upper Delaware allrapids are rifts; on the Lower Delaware all…
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