Here Quonab made what the Frenchmen call a demi-charge.

He carried half the stuff to the bank; then, wading, one at each end, they hauled the canoe up the portage and reloaded her above.

Another strip of good going was succeeded by a long stretch of very swift water that was two or three feet deep and between shores that were densely grown with alders.

The Indian landed, cut two light, strong poles, and now, one at the bow, the other at the stern, they worked their way foot by foot up the fierce current until safely on the upper level.
Yet one more style of canoe propulsion was forced on them.

They came to a long stretch of smooth, deep, very swift water, almost a rapid-one of the kind that is a joy when you are coming down stream.