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Show 38 -- 35-- " A I do not think so. I think that that could not be done because of the quicksands along the shore. " By Mr. Blackmar: " Q Mr. Eddy, with regard to this operation of running the rapids, as I understand, when you go down the rapids the first thing you do is to make a survey of the rapids; that is, you look them over. " A Yes, sir. " Q You do not run into them blindly without having looked at them? " A No, not unless the current sweeps you in, as it did with us several times; we were swept through the rapids. Ordinarily we go on shore and examine them. " Q How do you take the boats down? What position are you in? " A Coming to the rapids, you are here ( indicating), as you come down stream. You sit up in your boat and see if you can see down through the rapids. Many times the river turns down to the side: you stand on the deck of your boat, and many times the river disappears. Then you run ashore and walk down the edge of the river, wherever you can. Down in the Grand Canyon, there are places where you can not do that; but in Cataract Canyon I believe you can walk along the shore at any place. You pick out the channel and then you go back to your boat, and turn the boat around stern first - or, at least, that is the way that I prefer to do it - stern first, and then you go down into the rapids with your cars, using your cars as |