, 1864-08-26

Tic Prescott (Canada) Tst2rs2A has the
the following account of hazardous e1-
plcit:-
During the latter part Of July two mep,
named Violet Jones, OF Tho Fusifeer Guards.
and Robert Welcb, OF Mr. BarkBr's eychaune
office, Prescott, left here on a trip to Non
treal, 1nteodlsg to ruu the rapids Of the st.
Lawrence They staFtta in la5streak skill,
ss a1d essed !tt Viz @ 1T two s pi nshsi e.
oars, a sail and tent, with the necessary cook-
lug appatatus, &C., for caup lite. They sue
ceedtd in running the Gallops, Rapid tu
Pfatt aid the north channel Of the Long
Sanlt Is 1nr as the p01ht the snme evening.
Being afraid to Vt n'ure the retnaineder oftle
cbauL e}, they carried their boat ind traps
acrosB the island to the head Of the SOUTH
Ctannef, but the darkness Wae 40 intense
tGat THEY considered 'tdiscre:lon the bstter
part Of valor,n andrhey camped On the island
III right. The following 1norniog they
packed up their duds' and made another
panied b the cheers of about twenty people,
who had .ongregated upon the shore. Tue
peril OF tae undertaking Will 5e better uddsr-
stood when We state TINT the 8 ssells washed
over the boat, half hllipg it with Water, one
OF Woich struck the .1au at this oars (lVelcu)
They theh ran to uoga1sburgh, where they
N Next mor"iaE the cotean Rapids were pas
sed In heautlful style, aud they sooG rc4ched
the Cedars, 1.-THE mo=t splendid rapid OF the
whole run The Slit Rick nearly finished
cur aos sentun "a Being unacquainted With
1he channel, thc5 took the north shore, and
when only Gbout o1e hnn1red Sard5 OFT. In
U.y swift current, they saw aaead Of them
q fail ofabout seven fc-t. By hard pulling
and good steering. however, they succeeded
in making the "Old Lock-: on tue North
slce, when En- oar broke, fortunately just Us
thy were within reach of the lock. Tucy
here struck an eddy, and went back to the
head, When passing raft pointed ont tha
channel, and amid Iome good 'sWells they
CtEcended the rapids In safety.
Then came the Cascades. Hera they were
advised BY Q gentleman whom they met not
to attempt to run thcu, as the Cascades had
bstteau1, and he was sure they wonld be
drowned. Notwithstanding this they deter
mined to proceed, and were AbxtouslY WATCH
ed IN their perilous journey by the gentle
man above spoken Of The tlrst pitch was
passed safely; ut the second, however, tbs
bottom or rock they could not, of course
cay. sha however, raised, they supposed,
by the force Of the current, although d,led
With wafer, and ra8 carti$d about thirty
Yards to q friendly rock. The moment tney
struck still water the boat sunk. The tock
before spoken OF, however, Was near, md,
though small, here they bailed ont their
boat and prepared to start sgatn. Mounted
Oh the lonely rock they took = view Of the
t'situaiiop,'' being anxtousiy desirons to
i" chsbEs ttAefr base, ," but NO naststance could
there reach them, and ,toleas roiens, they had
to take their boat again a point Ahc4d Wis
selected, and they determined If the boat
ehoE1d swamp In the rapids aheld, they
would stick to her as lon, Us she was Kent up
By the current and their just1Y-+l,ed oare,
aud then abanuoning per swim Tor the poiut.
Although badly tossed, however, she stilt
kcpt MP, snd about half flied with water,
bravsly she came Out Of this latter peril
They reached the goiLt, bailed their boat,
hoisted tai1, and started across. lake ST. Peter
rencbing the Nuns Island that night, where
they caMpeo. this was good days work;
S.ven raplds, 1a1ge and small, wero passed,
ard tHo lakes, making q distance OF ubout
seventy miles, and slthoush ~ mct to tti:
skin,' they slep eoundly, feeIiog thankful,
It ]s to be- Hoped, tu u bonntifuI Providence
tt wluEe protective hand they, In Il peculi.r II
manner, tnin day owed their lives. The next
morning they reached C.ughnw waga, aad
we're here strongly advised BY a gentleman
from the Montreal I.lsyiaph lud others
ayal1et attempting this3 new danger. But
they had pasaeu through 30 many ptrils safe.
1y they had no notion Of quitting >the.r self
imposed task until they had completed it.
They accordingly did ruu 1t safely anh witt
ouL 4uEtAt01es, IAus mhklng LIE entlle lrlp
from Prescott u Muntrcal III sk.N OF one
hundred ponds weight. with abonr FIVE
bundled pounds load, including baggage,
their OWL weight, DC. :
All the rapids We're run stern first The
reason for this fs that better brace ma7 b.
Obtained With the oars in this position, the
boat Eeiug at the complete command Of the
man at the oars, who besides goes down fac
Ing the donger. In such places quick eye
and steady land are imperative, and even
thee, we ehou1d imagin would hardly Gu
sure safety at all times. We hope Messrs.
WEIGH mud Jones will not lad many llnit4-