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seemed at first as if we would be swept along in spite of ourselves; but
he's got more strength in his arms than I'd thought for, and then,
luckily, a great tree had fallen clear out into the stream, which I
reached for. I threw myself almost out of the boat, just holding by the
toes, and caught hold of a little twig, then a stronger one, and pulled
the boat an inch at a time till we were safe alongside in a perfect
little haven. Then the professor dropped the oars, took off his helmet,
and wiped his face, for he was dreadfully warm; but he only said,--
"That was a little close, Morton; now we'll have to make a portage."
Well, that wasn't so much fun. I hadn't thought, before, we had one
thing more than we needed, but now it seemed as if we had a thousand.
Sara, it took us four hours to make that portage, and my back hasn't got
over aching yet!
We managed to get two men to help us with the boat, but that was only a
small lift, it seemed to me; and I was glad enough when the professor
said we'd take a rest before we went on. But the dinner braced us up a
good deal; one thing we had was some roasted green corn one of the men
told us to pick in his field, and it was awfully good, but not up to the
fish. Then I stayed to watch camp while the professor went hunting for
more stones and things, and then I had the biggest adventure of all.
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