Thus it had remained distinct, except one figure of the date, for forty-six years, having been done in 1825.

The portage around Ashley Falls was laborious as we were obliged to climb with everything about fifty feet above the river, but labour is better than disaster, and it was on such points as these that Powell and Thompson always exhibited good sense.

Smaller men would have been unable to resist the temptation to run everything, for there comes an exhilaration in this work that is subtle and dangerous.

Below this the declivity was very great, but as there were few rocks our boats were able to go down flying.

The walls were two thousand to twenty-five hundred feet high, but not vertical.