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Show other times it is impossible . 124 At certain stages of water a man accustomed to the river can locate a sand bar even though it is as much as a foot under water ; there is always a little break in the water surface that one not experienced ( wouldn't wouldnt ) notice . I have seen the channel change on the Green River and have seen it change from day to day . I have observed it while the change was in progress at times when the water is dropping to its lowest level , when the top of a high sand bar is exposed and the water is ( re- re ) ceding ; even then one may get into a pocket . There are places where there are several channels and you can not pick the deepest channel with certainty . ( R . 4230-5 , Vol . 24 . ) I have taken dozens and dozens of river trips in smaller boats besides those I have mentioned in my testimony , and possibly some other trips in small power boats . All but two of my trips in the larger boats have been for ( compen compen- compen ) ¬ sation ; not so many of the trips in smaller boats were for compensation , most of them being for pleasure . In about 1893 ( I 1 ) took some supplies down to people who were for several years engaged in mining operations on the east side of Green River . ( R . 4235-8 , Vol . 24 . ) ( I 1 ) am a ( car- car ) penter and have built a good many row boats and have helped with the construction of larger motor boats ; these boats were built for other people and were used on the Green River . ( R . 4241 , Vol . 24 . ) The more experience you have on either the Green or Colorado rivers and the better and more recent knowledge you have of them the more readily you will be able to navigate and the fewer difficulties will be encountered by you . ( R . ( 4246 49.46 ) , Vol . 24 . ) Where the river is of average width through a section where the stream is confined , you ( don't dont ) have any trouble with boats of the drafts I have seen used ; channel ( diffi- diffi ) culty is encountered where the stream is not confined and breaks up and becomes braided . At such places , if a man is not familiar with the stream or ( hasn't hasnt ) been going up or down it recently so as to know just which ribbon of the stream to take , he may get fooled and take the wrong ( chan- chan ) nel ( goingi going ) downstream ; coming upstream he is in better position to select the right channel . ( R . 4255-6 , Vol . 24 . ) There is not always a channel . ( R . 4258 , Vol . 24 . ) I ( haven't havent ) been on any river trip where I ( didn't didnt ) succeed in reaching the place I started for except the one trip I have mentioned with the City of Moab , and on my own boats and on the boats of any party with which I have gone |