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Show 621 mouth of the Green River is approximately one hundred and twenty miles " as we had it figured out then. " R. 1503. No lines were run to the junction of the rivers on that trip. He made no investigation of any character along each side of the river as he went down; " it was merely our job to get to the junction of the rivers and start to work." After he got to the end of Cataract Canyon on that trip, he saw no boat except their own until they stopped at Hite, where " we saw the boat Tom Humphreys had there; we camped there over night." After ha left Hite, the next one he saw was tied up at Bull Frog Creek. After that the next boat he saw was the Edison boat with a stern wheel on it. R. 1504. " Q. How long did you say that boat was? " A. I would say approximately thirty to forty feet I had no experience with it; we just camped there over night where it was tied up." R. 1504- 1505. This was at the Crossing of the Fathers, he believes. He saw some small row boats at lees Ferry. " the Water resource branch had there, and some the Edison company had there. " They were all row boats and one canoe. He doesn't recall seeing any motor boats or gasoline launches. R. 1505. " Q. You left your boats at Lees Ferry for the Edison company, I think you stated? " A. He left the one which we used, I said, Kolbs took all the boats except the one; at the mouth of the |