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Show The ( Gity GitV ) of ( Motib Moab ) was 198 launched at ( Greenrivcr Greenri-trer Greenritrer ) on , ( fche the ) fifth or sixth of ( May Alay ) , 1905 . Two or three days after the launching , the trip down the river was started . Some trouble was had in launching the ( "boat boat 'boat boat ) since it got stuck in the mud ( and aud ) it took two or three days to get it out . The first trouble ( en- en ) ( countered -countered countered ) on the cruise occurred just below the Tailroad bridge on a riffle known as the ( Perry Ferry ) Riffle , ( -where where ) the boat hit the rocks . Other riffles were ( encountered iencountered ) all the way down to the mouth of the - ( 3reen Green ) River and the boat struck bottom many ( times -times times ) . Considerable trouble ( was -was was ) experienced in ( "handling handling 'handling handling ) the boat , inasmuch as the water was very ( swift --swift swift ) and they had to ride with the current and ( take --fake fake ) ( chances chauces ) . ( R . 723-726 . ) He steered the boat . In that stretch of the river the channel is not . . straight . It turns all around , every direction ; one minute you are on this side ; the next you are over ( on oil ) the other side ; the current will turn right over ( -on on on ) a bar , drop over on that side , and the ( next uext ) minute go over ( 011 on ) a bar on that side ; you ( can't cant ) tell where it is ; you have got to change around all the time . ( Made Alade ) ( soundings soundinas ) of the water as went down ; had a man sounding all the ( tune time ) ; ( he lie ) would stand there hollering out , ( "Plenty Plenty ) water here , " " Plenty ( ivater -water water ) ( here" here ) ; the next minute they hit right up and ( 'knock knock knock ) them all overboard . ( R . 726-727 . ) Little trouble was experienced with sand bars between Greenriver and the mouth of the San Rafael , but below the mouth of the San Rafael and |