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Show 654 " Q. You would say that statement would be a more accurate statement of the width of the stream than the statement you made on your direct examination, that it was twenty or thirty feet wide? " A. Yes. " Q. Eight rods would be one hundred and thirty- two feet, wouldn't it? " A. Yes, Of course, that was only estimated, even then. " Q. Oh, yes, I appreciate that. You, of course, did not get out and out a tape on it. " A. No. " R. 1573- 1574. His attention was then called to page 114 of Exhibit 14 where he described the head of Cataract Canyon and a resume of their descent from Green River, Wyoming and Gunnison Crossing. From Gunnison Crossing [ Greenriver, Utah] to the head of the cataracts, from his point of view, there wasn't a rapid worth recording, and was easy sailing except for sand bars. R. 1574- 1575. In this stretch of the river, they at times had difficulty in locating the channel, but no serious delay or mishap. They had considerable trouble with sand- bars in Labyrinth Canyon. R. 1576. He desired to change his testimony through Labyrinth Canyon as far as sand- bars are concerned by changing the word " occasionally" to |
