These were light, strong, fast, seaworthy, and could be portaged round falls or towed up rapids. |
Nonetheless, we eventually reached a tiny logjam, portaged up and over, and shoved off onto another expanse of flat brown water and giant stumps. |
Many Indian and Arab traders chose to land their products at Mergui and use barges to travel upriver to Tenasserim and then have their good portaged the rest of the way. |
We landed upstream and portaged the heavy Fiberglass canoes past the group while they snorted, perhaps in amusement. |
So they ditched their treasure under a big rock and portaged to the Genesee up to Lake Ontario. |
In places timber-falls blocked the passage of the narrow stream, and the boats and canoes were portaged around. |