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Show 3553 1575 64 Dellenbaugh- C length of forty- two and three- quarter miles. At last we had finished the canyons of the Green, with every boat in good condition, and not a man injured in any way, and now we stood before the grim jaws of the Colorado. Our descent from Gunnison Cross-ing was one hundred and seventy feet, with not a rapid that was worth recording, and from the Union Pacific crossing in feet, two thousand one hundred and ninety- two, and in miles, five hundred and twenty." That is from Greenriver, Utah? A Yes. THE SPECIAL MASTER: No, from Green River, Wyoming. MR. FARNSWORTH: I mean Green River, Wyoming. Q So you would say that statement is true, that your descent from Gunnison Crossing was without a rapid worth recording? A From our point of view, of course. Somebody else might think there was a rapid, but we didn't think there was anything there. BY THE SPECIAL MASTER: Q Didn't bother you? A No, didn't bother us. Q Without pausing to go through the detailed story of that voyage which you conclude in that manner, you recall that the water was quiet water, easy sailing? A Except for sandbars. Q No serious difficulty? |