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Show Blake- D 914 Q That is, you can tell, knowing the depth and seeing the waves at one point, you can tell whether the water at other points is deeper or more shallow, can you? A As a rule. Q All right, go right ahead. A Then we proceeded on, we could see the water was shallow below to the left of a large island, and it also looked shallow to the right of that island, but there was a small island with a very narrow, swift channel to the right of it; this small island was to the right and upstream from the larger island; we took the narrow channel and had a swift ride without mishap down opposite the right- hand side of the larger island, where we proceeded to the large island and made camp for the night. I determined at this place that I could wade the right- hand channel, which to be the large channel of the two. Then after spending the night we worked on down the river. We came to numerous gravel bars. Some of these gravel bars were typical crossing bars in an instance or two, and in some cases we ran on to mud or sandbars. Q Did the boat ground at any place? A I didn't get you. Q Did the boat ground at any place? A I believe it did, at least, nearly every day we would ground, and it is reasonable to suppose we grounded on that day. 2884 |