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Show 41 38 of the waves. " By the Special Master: " Q And also that the rocks are concealed? " A Yes, sir; and you are apt to hit them. Going through these rapids, my motion pictures show that my boats were whirled around end to end. In a case of that kind you want a stout boat that will fill up with water but will not topple over. Even a big boat would topple over so quickly sometimes that we would not know what did it. There are whirlpools from shore that whirl your boat around, in spite of all your efforts. At high water the river has an inconceivable power; it sweeps everything before it." R. 100. He only saw one man in the whole length of Cataract Canyon down to Lees Ferry. He understands that a number of years ago there were mining operations on the river, and the remains of the old dredges and mine dumps, with the shaft, poles etc., are all that remain as evidences of former mining operations on the river, but there are no mining operations there now. He has not been where the drilling and developing operations have been carried on, as mentioned in the Bill of Complaint. R. 100- 101. " Mr. Blackmar: We can not locate at the moment the photograph showing the sand storm. " The Special Master: If that photograph is found, it may be entitled Exhibit No. 20, as we have one exhibit which is marked both 20 and 21." R. 102. |