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Show 10 -- 7-- to the boat. But that is mentioned to point out the impossibility of seeing through the water and seeing the rocks beneath the surface. " Q. Did you encounter any sandbars between Green River and the mouth of the San Rafael? " A. We ran into sandbars in a number of places between Greenriver, Utah, and the junction of the two rivers. I do not remember precisely whether there were any between Green River and the mouth of the San Rafael; but there were many of them in that stretch between Greenriver, Utah, and the junction of the two rivers, the Green and the Colorado. " Q. Did they interfere with the navigation of the boats? " A. Only that we would run onto the sandbar and it would be necessary for us to leap overboard and push them off into the deep water, and guide them carefully as the swift water caught the boats again and swept them off." R. 44- 45. One man habitually wore a bathing suit; the others wore their regular clothes, but they cut their trousers midway between the knee and hip. Some wore shirts and some did not, " but we were always ready to go overboard at any time." R- 44- 46. Met no other boats between Greenriver, Utah and the mouth of the San Rafael. Saw no people between those two points. Off to the left, the east bank of the river, saw a ranch house, and so far as he could see the country |