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Show 997 " A No sir. From Red canyon there is springs, four miles up; Red canyon flows quite a little streams; there is a point of land runs down here, a ditch comes around like that ( indicating)." R. 2363. The land there is not irrigable from the river. The ranch lies from twenty- two to twenty- five feet above the river. The upper part where the ditch is, is about twenty- five feet above the river. He left Red Canyon to make a trip through the cataracts in 1914, and then he went back there in 1941, and then was up and down the river. Between 1907 and 1914 he had an opportunity to study the river, and he did study the river. " I lived with that river so much, it pretty near became a part of me; I would sit on the banks and watch it; I would boat it; I would do everything; about the only companion I had." During all of this time he was living there alone. During that seven years and up to that time he traveled on the river from Greenriver, Utah to Lees Ferry. During that time he also made numerous trips to the [ Stanton] dredge; other trips to the Olympia Bar, and a trip or two to the California Bar; short trips like that. " I never counted them trips." During the seven years that he was there he had an opportunity to observe, and he did observe, the conditions of the channels, sand bars, and so forth, at the various stages of the river. R. 2364. " Q At what different stages of the river did you note changes in the channel? " A At all stages except high water, then your channel is in one place; extreme high water there is only one place |