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Show 296 BY MR. BLACKMAR: " Q. Twelve or fifteen feet in what length? " A. In one hundred and fifty yards, then the violent water, big waves and whirlpools would continue some little distance below that, but there wasn't the danger of striking rocks with our boats, that we would have at the beginning of the rapids; that is the usual difference; and through nearly all that section we would find one such rapid per mile; that is a pretty good average. " Q. You are in Desolation Canyon; where next? " A. Desolation -- the name changes to Gray Canyon just below McPherson's ranch; there are much the same conditions in the upper end of Gray canyon; I don't think the rapids are quite so bad; it is lively water; the descent is more continuous; that is, in Desolation Canyon we would find a rapid, then directly at the foot of the rapid comparatively quiet water for two- thirds of a mile, perhaps, sometimes longer, sometimes less. Then you come to another rapid, and go over that in the same way. " Q. Did you run into any rapids in Gray Canyon? " A. Yes, there was one specially bad rapid right at the beginning of Gray Canyon, on account of a little river that came in from the west." R. 782- 783. He believes Rook Canyon had trout in it, and the little river that came in from the west, he believes, is Price River and there were streams that came in that would give the impression that they were permanent streams and as they came down this length of the river, there would be more and more water in them and the current was increasing as they came down. |
