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Show 6054 4057 Q Then does your definition of rapids include the presence of rocks or bars, or anything of that kind? A It might or might not; independent of that; it is simply a rapid stretch in the river, indicated by wavelets and rising in velocity. Q Well, that is rather a broad definition. A Well, it is the definition of the ordinary man on the streets, I think; that is what he thinks of. In contrast, for instance, on a trip down Grand Canyon, we did not consider anything a rapid that would not swamp an open boat. The conditions were very different there. By Mr. Farnsworth: Q Where was this second rapid that you encountered -- Mile what? A Mile about 116 ½ , above Lees Ferry, and that third one about 115.9, and the fourth at Mile 113.2. Then this bed-rock rapid was the fifth, which is at Mile 112 and 1/ 10th or 2/ 10ths ( examining map). Then the sixth is at Mile 110 ½ . The seventh at Mile 109. The eighth at Mile 108, and then I got tired of marking these little rapids which were not of any material importance |