There was no slack water separating the end of the rapid we left from the beginning of this one so obscurely situated.

Landing was no easy task at the speed with which we were flying, but it would not do to try to run the rapid without an examination.

The only possible place to stop was on the right where there was a cove with a little strip of beach, and we headed for it instantly, pulling with every muscle.

Yet we continued going on down at railway speed.

When at last we arrived within a few feet of the bank the problem was how to stop.