tracking beach

Esp. North

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1851

. . . with river bounded on either side with hills and rocks affording good tracking beach. . . .

1952

. . . I rounded a bend into a beautiful reach, free from driftpiles and with a good tracking beach.

1954

You can make time up river that way, with a light load, just as fast as you can walk, as long as you've got a good tracking beach.