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Show 1529 3507 18 Dellenbaugh- D hundred feet. Q Did you notice the effect of these cascades and flooding of the river upon the river bed itself? A They didn't have very much effect, because they were not continued long enough, but continuous rains will raise the river. Q What I was referring to in particular was the sandbars, any rearrangement of that. A No, I don't remember any difficulty -- any change in that. Q Just describe the progress of this expedition through Cataract canyon. A As you turn into Cataract canyon and run down about four miles, you meet with a very bad rapid; I have forgotten the fall, but it must be ten or fifteen feet, in a few yards, and from that on down you have a very severe river. Cataract canyon is about forty miles long, and Narrow canyon, below, is about ten, making about fifty miles altogether. And in one portion of the river there is a fall of about two hundred and twenty feet, I think it is, in twenty miles. So the river goes down rapidly and continuously, and requires the greatest caution to get through; in fact, lot a of expeditions have not been able to get through. THE SPECIAL MASTER: Strike that last out. BY MR. BLACKMAR: Q How did you take your boats through Cataract canyon? Did you run the rapids? |