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Show 935 He makes no distinction between a riffle . and a rapid , except that , perhaps , a rapid is considered a large riffle . . ( R . . 3685-3686 ) He took soundings at a number of places ( between betiveen ) Greenriver [ Utah ] and the mouth of the San Rafael for depths , but does not recall what depths lie found , , inasmuch as it has been fifteen years since he made the survey . . As he remembers , the boat grounded as they passed the mouth of the San Rafael , , . the ( pro- pro ) peller striking bottom or a rock ; ( at A ) that time the river was flowing sorne fifteen to ( twenty tiventy ) thousand ( sec- sec ) ( oad-feet oadfeet ) [ of water , to the best of his knowledge . . ( It . . 3686 . . ) It was the latter part of June , 1914 , when he left Greenriver , Utah , but he can not remember the exact date . ( R . , 3687 . ) From the mouth of the San Rafael down to the junction with the Colorado River , they traveled quite rapidly . The river was very ( muddy rauddy ) , had narrow earth banks in places , some places talus , and other places cliffs ( came caine ) down to the river , and it was evident that in low water . there would be numerous sand bars . . As he remembers , sand bars were ( en- en ) countered on the trip down , the trip extending to a few miles below the junction of the river . . He then returned to Greenriver , Utah , in a power boat . . As he remembers , it took about a day and a half or tivo days to go down the river and four or five days to corne back , , though he could not be certain . . ( R . . 3688 . ) ) As he remembers , , sand bars were encountered on the trip up the river . . |