Show running i in canala Co naIa the running of rapids is tho climax of the voyageur voyage ur s adventurous life even eren tho the most experienced voyage tur changes color with excitement when ko ho feels the canoe crouch and spring espritt g sway and dart over ever tho the first swells of a rapid the voyageurs voya geurs that I 1 have known all possessed 1 keen cen observation a 1 cool jud judgment ment and a decisive turn of mind in a small canoe of say twelve feet without much load a ninn cin alone will ivill kneel on the bottom I 1 al about one third of lier her length front from the stem and paddle down a rapid pretty well dut but the he t typical apical crew in in an all eighteen foot canoe consists of a captain in the bow and a helmsman in the stern C II 11 ran iliam in m Il harpers aPers magazine |