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Show 5315 Chaffin- D 3326 Q Calling your attention to your trip down the Green river, as I remember your testimony you stated you had no trouble from Greenriver City, Utah, down to the mouth of the San Rafael, but from the mouth of the San Rafael down to the mouth of the Green river where it and the Colorado join, you encountered many sandbars? A Yes sir. Q You encounter more obstructions of that character in that stretch of the Green river from the San Rafael down to the mouth of the Green river than you encounter between the foot of Cataract canyon and the Utah- Arizona state line? A Yes sir, you do. Q Very much more? A Yes sir. Q You would say the difficulties of navigation are very much greater on the Green river from the San Rafael down to the mouth of the Green river than on the stretch of the river between the foot of Cataract canyon and the Utah - Arizona State line? A As far as shallow water and sandbars are concerned. Q So far as making progress in boats, and interruptions of travel? A Going down stream. Q You have never been up stream on the Green river, |
