The Freight Canoes Carried About
Three Or Four Tons, For Which Fifteen Dollars Per Ton Was Charged.
Slow Progress Was Made By Poling Along The Bank Out Of The Swiftest
Part Of The Current.
In the rapids a tow line was taken ashore, only
one of the crew remaining aboard to steer.
The trip took a day unless
a favoring wind was blowing, which often happened.
Next morning I set out from Glenora to climb Glenora Peak for the
general view of the great Coast Range that I failed to obtain on my
first ascent on account of the accident that befell Mr. Young when we
were within a minute or two of the top. It is hard to fail in
reaching a mountain-top that one starts for, let the cause be what it
may. This time I had no companion to care for, but the sky was
threatening. I was assured by the local weather-prophets that the day
would be rainy or snowy because the peaks in sight were muffled in
clouds that seemed to be getting ready for work. I determined to go
ahead, however, for storms of any kind are well worth while, and if
driven back I could wait and try again.
With crackers in my pocket and a light rubber coat that a kind Hebrew
passenger on the steamer Gertrude loaned me, I was ready for anything
that might offer, my hopes for the grand view rising and falling as
the clouds rose and fell.
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