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Show The boat , the ( Glias Olias ) . H 631 . ( Spencor Speitcar ) was being ( con- con ) structed ; has not seen it since ( he lie ) saw its nose sticking out of sand at Lees ( Perry Ferry ) in 1921 . Trip made back to ranch in February ; river gorged with ( ice iec ) , went up the river , same old way , dragged boat up with a rope . Arrived Hite 18th of February 1912 . Left Red Canyon in 1914 , walking to Hite , ( horse horse- horse ) back to ( Hanksville Hanksvil1e ) , and walked to Greenriver . Made trip from Greenriver , down Colorado . ( R . 2373-2374 . ) Had fifteen to eighteen thousand second feet more water in 1914 than in 1907 . ( Rap- Rap ) ids that were mild in 1907 ; they were ( "ragers" ragers ) in 1914 ; rapids that were bad in 1907 had entirely disappeared in 1914 . Cataract No . 16 was a fury . ( R . 2374 . ) Had two Muller steel boats , pleasure boats ; depth 12 inches ; not ( water-tight watertight ) . ( R . 2375 . ) Had keels . ( R . 2375-2376 . ) The 3 steel boats he had in 1907 , two were lost below Lees Ferry ; third , swamped and went down the river . From Green River to mouth of San Rafael had , no trouble because of increase in flow of ( water waier ) . Encountered bar or two in Labyrinth Canyon . Water was at flood stage all of the time he was on Green River ; drift during floods make boating ( in mi ) rapids bad . ( R . 2376 . ) In Cataract Canyon in 1907 , Rapids Nos . 1 , 2Y 314 ( were -were were ) mild , No . 5 bad . In 1914 , Rapids Nos . 1 , 2Y 31 4 ( -were were ) fierce rapids No . 5 gone entirely . Rapid No . 4 , had waves 20 ft . |