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304 the ominous name. A discussion in Forest and Stream a few years ago, directed the attention of canoemen to its alleged dangers and extreme rapidity of current.

I had with me also the notes of one of the best canoemen in the country, who had run the Delaware in the spring of last year, to which I referred, and found these words:—

"Great Foul Rift, short distance below Belvidere. Ran down on rafting fresh in May. Length almost a mile and a half from head of Little Foul to foot of Great Foul. Rapidity of water and danger much exaggerated."

"That's all right for a spring fresh," said the teamster, who had heard this note read. "But