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Show 131 -- 127-- very much more trouble with bars on the Colorado River than on the Green. There was more difficulty in navigating, due to the type of boat. They had the same boats on the Colorado as they had on the Green, plus one other boat. R. 285. They got stuck very much more frequently with the boats with which they had made the trip from Greenriver down to the confluence of the Green and Colorado Rivers, and thence up the Colorado River, than they had with the large boat that came down from Moab to the confluence to meet them. R. 285- 286. " By Mr. Blackmar: " Q Well, I think that perhaps right there you had better explain about the engine. " A Yes. I am not certain about how you should define the rowboat, or, rather, the boat with the motor on it, is one boat, and the boat without the motor on is another. The boat with an outboard motor on naturally draws more water than the boat without the outboard motor on it; and we did not have the motor with us down to the junction; consequently, we were about nearly a foot less draft." R. 286- 287. The boat with the motor had a swinging propeller, that tripped up, with reference to the meeting of obstructions. There were a great many more sandbars in the Colorado than in the Green River, and when he is speaking of sandbars he means bars in the river that come to the surface that must be avoided in navigating the river - or come near the surface. The Colorado River probably |