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smaller one only some 100 yds in front of us.  Then the bore rushed at us with this added volume of water a great wall 15 feet high & travelling with a rush of 15 or more miles an hour.  It was a wonderful sight, one that will always remain indelible on the memory.  There were no junks or other boats on the river as none could weather the monster wave.  After the bore had passed their remained a turbulent boiling sea of muddy water behind snapping & hissing like a thousand devils and as wicked a bit of water as nature