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Show 100 rough, heavy buffeting by the waves. qQ Are these rapids as to which you have testified, all of them, of such a nature that the higher boats could not get through? A The difficulty at high water -- now, we are speaking of the time that I went through? The Special Master: Certainly. The Witness: The difficulty at high water is the size of the waves. By the Special Master: Q And also that the rocks are concealed? A Yes, sir; and you are apt to hit them. Going through these rapids, my motion pictures show that my boats were whirled around end to end. In a case of that kind you want a stout boat that will fill up with water but will not topple over. Even a big boat would topple over so quickly sometimes that we would not know what did it. There are whirlpools from shore that whirl your boat around, in spite of all your efforts. At high water the river has an inconceivable power; it sweeps everything before it. Q You said that in the whole length from Cataract Canyon down to Lee Ferry, you only saw one man, I believe? A Yes, sir. Q The Government in its petition speaks of issuing permits to persons who are now in possession and engaged in drilling and developing at various points on the lands and river beds, and who have spent large sums of money in operating 2060 |