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Show 505 and the boatman took the oars. " Q. Was there any difficulty in getting through? " A. No sir; we would drift through at probably three or four miles an hour. The current is swift wherever there are sand waves, and I doubt if any set of sand waves occupy more than one- third of a mile in length of the river. " I have a note of rapids at mile 681/ 2. " I have sand waves noted at mile 83." R. 1263- 1264. He notes that on Sheet 5 " We camped over night in the vicinity of Mile 54, and I have a note, ' Sand waves breaking all night.' " That is the time when I attempted to time them; but night fell, and I couldn't see my watch. " The following day, after leaving there, as we went downstress, I note, ' Sand waves at mile 53'. R. 1264. He did not come upstream and did not see anybody coming up so that he does not know from personal observation how they came up through the waves. On sheet 4 [ R. 1264] " I have a sounding of 11/ 2 feet at mile 661/ 2. " I have an indication of grounding and note of sand waves at mile 36. " I have a note of sand waves at mile 311/ 2. " This sheet No. 2; No. 3 does not apply-- No. 3 has branch canyons. " At mile 301/ 2 or thereabouts, the Arizona- Utah line just crosses the low water river-- just touches-- becomes |