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Show ( stroteli -stxetdi stxetdi ) of river with a 253 motor . ( Bock Rock ) riffle , ( "boat boat boat ) would scrape bottom occasionally . ( R . 911-912 . ) Below first riffle , river spreads out wide ; ( sub- sub ) ( merged inerged ) sand and ( mud inud ) bar on ( right-hand righthand ) side ; in ( trying tryiiig ) to pick them up got stuck in soft mud ; no foundation against which to push , had difficulty ( getting fretting ) boat off bar . Made map of crossing bar ; bar did not cross full width of ( liver Aver ) , left channel on ( right-hand righthand ) side ; water too swift and when waist deep could not wade to reach bar and make sounding . Can tell ( comparative eomparative ) depth ( in iin ) relation to other water by speed and wave action of water . ( ( K R ) . 913- 914 . ) Large and small island with channel to right , very narrow and swift ; took narrow channel ; had swift ( ride Tide ) . Numerous gravel bars , some typical crossing bars . Seven miles below Greenriver at Little Valley , river spreads , numerous channels and small islands ; islands gravel formation and may be submerged in high water ; difficult to ( deter deter- deter ) ¬ mine best channel ; swift water appeared deepest and took boat through , some places boat dragged bottom and oars dragged . ( R . 914-915 . ) ( Landings Landiugs ) were difficult to make because of the shallow water near the shores . Near the center of Little Valley there was an unmapped pronounced riffle , where the boat struck bottom ( because becau-se because ) of shallow water . About a mile below this riffle there is another riffle and gravel bar which ( had bad ) been used as a ford , wagon tracks |