The walls here were eighteen hundred feet, a gain of three hundred feet over the Junction.

While we were away the men below had lowered the boats over two rapids, in one of which the Nell broke loose and went down alone with her cargo on board.

As good fortune will have it, there is frequently an eddy or two at the foot of a rapid and into one of these she ran.

By a desperate exertion of Hillers in swimming she was regained.
A boat must never be allowed to move without men aboard or lines attached.

This would seem to go without saying, but for fear it does not I mention it for the sake of any who may want to try their skill at this work.