Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 544
ld * ~ford the stream and mount the op-posite bank, taking with him the rope in a coil,and paying it gradually out as he walked, so as tokeep it always taut. At the head of the rapid,or a trifle beyond, he would fasten the furtherend of the rope to a tree. The moorings of theboat would be loosed,… … revolution of the wheels would cause the ropeto wind itself around the axle. With each turnof the rope the boat would necessarily be drawnforward and up the stream; so, by the effect ofthe continued winding, it would gradually riseand rise till it reached the place where the cur-rent ceased to…
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