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Show 513 " Q Do you know what time you arrived at mile 150? " A No; that was our boatman's former placer mine, if that is of any interest to you." R. 1278- 1279. They got out to look over his house and his camp he had maintained there. Camp was established before dark. They stayed at Mr. Loper's former domicile one- half hour. " That is where the one placer miner we met was located also." They left September 2nd at 8: 10 A. M., and camped that night at mile 92, and he does not know what time they arrived at mile 92. R. 1279. " Q How long did you usually take for lunch? " A I should think that day an hour would have more than covered it." R. 1280. Did not get off that day to make any investigations of the banks. Left mile 92 the next morning, September 3rd, at 7: 30 A. M. That day " we spent from 10: 17 to 4: 40 visiting the Rainbow bridge, National Monument. At mile 68 1/ 2 is where we left the river." R. 1280. They camped that night at about mile 54 1/ 2, where they arrived very close to dark. " We established a good part of our camp by flashlite." R. 1281. Made camp that night later than the night before. It was pretty late. It was not so dark when they arrived at mile 54 1/ 2 that a flashlite was needed to discern objects," but it got that dark very shortly", in twenty minutes to one- half hour while" we were |