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Show , . ( oa aa ) , ( account accomit ) of swift water 859 . It is harder work going ( up tip ) the Colorado . ( R 3326-3327 . ) He Ayould say as far as sand bars are concerned that there were more mud and sand bars from the . . ( month viouth ) of the ( Green Grecii ) to the ( month mouth ) of the San Rafael than there are on the Colorado but for rocks and , ( getting -getting getting ) the boats up and the currents , the Colorado ( Eiver River ) , every mile of it , has got the Green ( Eiver River ) beat . ( -the the the ) whole distance of her . ( R . 3328 . ) ( "Q Q ) . ( Prom From ) your experience on those stretches of the two rivers that I have indicated , would you not say that the difficulties of navigating upstream are greater on the Green than on the lower Colorado , ( with vith ) the single exception of the matter of power ( acquired T-equired Tequired ) to cause the boat to go upstream ? A . If I had unlimited power , I would say yes ( , . ) Q . Then it is ( merely meTely ) the matter of power , ( isn't isnt ) it ( ? I ) A . You can shoot a bullet up her . ( R . 3331 . ) After he rescued the supplies ( when Nvhen ) the boats ( were --were were ) in the ice gorge , he took them on down to ( tlie the ) ( Klondike Mondike ) bar . At the time he had one boat . . ( and aiid ) ( one oirie ) small rowboat and he accompanied them ; as far as ( Hole-in-the-Rock HoleintheRock ) , and later he saw the ( two tNvo ) boats and unloaded them at the Klondike bar ( , . ) He remained at the Klondike bar for about a year off and on , and he had maybe ( four foar ) or five boats , ( R . 3331-3332 . ) When he quit working on the ( Klondike Mondike ) bar he ( didn't didnt did-n't didnt ) go upstream with the boat , and when he ( returned retuTned ) he went to the Klondike bar ( again agaif ) and used the boats he had left there ( , . ) |