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Show MM 502 out , but sometimes this ( couldn't couldnt ) be done . E . 1749-1750 . ) This would happen on falling stages of the river , and on rising stages a bar would keep him ( from froin ) getting in close to the shore and the bars , would shift at different stages of the river . He never could tell when to expect them or when not to expect them . ( R . 1751 . ) ( "When When ) the river was , falling it would become shallower all through . And some bar might appear that would impede the progress of the ferry , which in the higher stages would not interfere with the ferry at all ; there would be bars at lower stages , and bars that would not be in that place at higher stages . ( R . 1752- 1753 . ) In high water , as well as in low water , there would be bars formed that impede the progress of ( the tho ) ferry . He has seen this happen between trips when the ferry was following the cable . ( Some Sonie- Sonie ) ( times tilueSI ) it ( would iould ) run for two or three weeks without any adjustment or difficulties , and then at times . he would have difficulties every trip . These ( diffi- diffi ) culties ( wouldn't wouldnt ) be regular , ( sometimes sometinies ) would occur every day or probably two or three days following each other . These bars that formed were not out in the channel but were next to the ( bank balik ) . ( R . 1754-1755 . ) ( When AA-1hen AA1hen ) ( he lie ) went up the Colorado River in the boat containing the Ford engine he believes he went up about sixteen miles the first day , and eight or |