Leaping from rock to rock in the shoal water, close to the shore, and now and then getting a bite with the rope round an upright one, I held the boat while one reset his pole, and then all three forced it upward against any rapid.
(I; held; the boat; T:while one reset his pole) (one; reset; his pole) (all three; forced; it; upward; T:then)
I one all three
held reset forced
the boat T:while one reset his pole
his pole
it upward T:then