The canoes must never be allowed to come broadside on to the stream, for, being flat-bottomed, they would, in that case, be at once capsized, and every thing in them be lost.

The men work admirably, and are always in good humor; they leap into the water without the least hesitation, to save the canoe from being caught by eddies or dashed against the rocks.

Many parts were now quite shallow, and it required great address and power in balancing themselves to keep the vessel free from rocks, which lay just beneath the surface.

We might have got deeper water in the middle, but the boatmen always keep near the banks, on account of danger from the hippopotami.

But, though we might have had deeper water farther out, I believe that no part of the rapids is very deep.