Show THROUGH THE TEE GRAND CARY OF rhe FHE COLORADO adventures by nathaiel Kath Nath waiel galloway copyright january 31 1897 it has been raining on oa us all nigal we are trying to dry our budding in a rainstorm this morning our journey is through rough and among rapids tor for a short dist distance when tho the roaring noiga loiso of a worse one is heard no landing place is seen boon from a distance but as an wo we near this wo we find landig room on the loft bank there is no show to make ake a portage so wo we climb the lodges to examine tho the rapid we chioso the best looking shoot and are lashing dashing among largo large waves and a mong whirlpools with viator mater idour in our boats more rapids are encountered nearly tho the same story explains our troubles on tho these io wo stop for noon on a very rough rapid this rapid runs through a shoot loss leas than forta fort feet in width and on a ten tea foot fall and the fall is taken oil off la in thirty yards the waves and whirlpools aro are too rough to run aso we make a portage and take our bouts boats out for a short distance an and lot let them thein down ever a rock ton feet high our bonta are launched agun ag un and we are travel ing A fow few more mora rapids are run and we find one that looks dangerous high lodges of granite are soon start lug ing from the water sedge edge aud and large waves are lashing their cra cragoe aled edges terrible triple rapid hero two bides 01 lateral canyons canyon 3 put in direction opposite each othor at te ta head of the dadid N aso 0 climb the lodges on tho the ia as far m aa possible pos sibe to examine the rapid wo see BOO throe three rapids in close succession to each other practically one rapid thesa thosa are about one half mile in length there is no nocha uco to malo a portage there is i but one chance chanc eleft left of t two W that is run ran it or quit the flat wo we decide to run it the first ri ii run sue the is much lonelier bougher than wo WB expected wo we iwo bane lost our ch chanel anel 0 o iho a 0 to run from tile tho lodges wo we imd find ours thes adiong th chuk ck and largo N anoa boat is shot up on an a wa ano 0 morn first on au angle of a about 50 30 dog jo I 1 lill looking up at heaven now a smelling emeho hell bell has baa opened to ea 88 MO ft 0 ate aio shot down into the gaoat troughs trough 8 below I 1 am pulling with oil all ruy my might to prevent being shot clear j under tho the next wave v aye but in spite of my greatt bt effort I 1 am shot near dear ly under boat and till nil water flipe aln clear over my head I 1 cm am banded for a moment and a as 3 soon as I 1 can get my eyce open again I 1 am ready tor for the next dive A doan such dives 41 aro are talon talen and then we aro arc through the norst IN 0 o pull with ith all our might for the left ss all and in landing and cling to the lodan while wo we bail conr boats out this is about the way ench a rapid is in run now the lost last and on epst of the rapids is I 1 luu un A baoit ahoi t di stanco below nio pull in for camp on a sand bank As usual ourson our oi and all our camp supplies lioi HIO are HI O wilt wet fires are built anil our bodding oad and provisions art anro T spread to dry we rather to tonight night not much tal ablin ing is done one no i cheerful are told wo we aro are wondering what kind of a lapid wo we way may como come to novt nod no d concluded in our nod next no d |