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Show follow ( up'the upthe ) eddy below ( 1875 1876 ) the ( Slide Slido ) , than set our boat over in behind the bend ; the result was , the only swift water was had in passing across the channel . He went up in still water , and then let the boat cross to the other side into the ( eddy edd3r ) on the other side and went ( up tip ) that . ( R . 5336 . ) Both of the trips made to the junction and to the head of the cataracts were made in the fall of the year , during the low stage of water . ( R . 5336 . ) The trip to Moab was made in spring of the ( year year- year ) As ( he lie ) recalls , during March before high water had commenced , they had to get in through the Slide , , the progress being slow . Both of the trips made down to the junction and back were made for ( com com- com ) ¬ pensation . There were five persons in the party on each of these trips . ( R . 5337 . ) In 1903 or 1904 , the year following the ( construc construc- construc ) ¬ tion of the ( Wilmont ff'ihnont ffihnont ) , he installed a seven and a half ( , . ) ' horsepower engine in the boat , and changed from a stern wheel to a side wheel . After the boat was changed they made two trips to Moab , one a personal business trip and one for , compensation , taking tourists . He also made several . trips to Greenriver , Utah , and back . On the trips to , Greenriver he had no trouble whatever negotiating the riffles with his ( seven-horsepower sevenhorsepower ) engine , and he had no difficulty with the current in making progress on the trips to Moab . ( R . 5337-5338 . ) The reason for changing from the stern wheel to . the side wheel was because with the stern wheel in |