C Ihe Ladies c cu. V'VVAN - History and Classics, Department of

To Ba rrier RiverII9La;:arus Sittichinli.Gwendolen Dorrien Smith.andJim Koe (foreground).on a gravel bar lunch break.Rat River, JuJy 1926.Glara Goltman Rogers('Y~ an). Collection ofEdward 2Sallry.perilous position. Sometimes they would repeat that terrifying performance ofpaddling diagonally across a rapid while we watched from the shore with ourhearts in our mouths. More than once they were carried downriver for twice thedistance they were trying to cover from shore to shore.We came to a place that. obviously. we could not negotiate on foot, for rockycliffs dropped sheer into the water. The current was deep and swift. although itwas not actually a rapid. Lazarus stood quite still, thinking; he looked up theriver and down. and then he looked at the other bank. There were wrinkles abouthis eyes as he looked all round again. Then he spoke."Water look bad." he said. "I guess we try it."There followed a really nerve-wracking crossing of the Rat, in which the onlypart we could play was to obey orders and sit absolutely still in the canoe while thetwo men pushed us across. The water swirled about their waists. they slipped and