Now the ledges were buried deep under the immense volume of the freshet.

But they were not to be ignored, for all that.

And they made their submerged presence felt in a turmoil that became more and more terrifying to the two little passengers on the raft.
"There was just one point in the raft, one only, that was farther away than any other part from those dreadful, seething-crested black surges--and that was the very center.

The little bear backed toward it, whimpering and shivering, from his corner.
"From her corner, directly opposite, the baby too backed toward it, hitching herself along and eyeing the waves in the silence of the terror.

She arrived at the same instant.