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Show He ( doesn't doesnt ) recall touching 1171 ( bottom bottoni ) between ( Green- Green ) river and the mouth of the San Rafael River , ( al- al ) though he ( might irtight ) have scraped a rock ( some sonic ) place ( as- as ) ( cending ceudilig ) , but ( he lie ) ( didn't didnt ) scrape the rocks at places because the water was so shallow ( he lie ) ( couldn't couldnt ) get over . He always had plenty of water , and both trips were made down there in the months of ( Oc-- Oc ) tober and November , and over the riffles he had plenty of water , and never touched bottom . He , ( doesn't doesnt ) recall sticking on a sand bar . Possibly ( he lie ) hit sand bars coming up , but not going down at any place ; that was true of both trips . Coming upstream . ( he lie ) rowed practically all the . way . ( R . ( 4612 4642 ) . ) He ( didn't didnt did-nt didnt ) get on any ( saxid sand ) ( bars- bars bars ) coming up the river , unless he might have run up , some backwater , as he generally would take ( ad- ad ) vantage of backwater if he was rowing . Once in a while , ( coining coming ) to a sand bar that they knew was there , they would try to go over it ; would possibly get stuck , and have to back out and go around . But these were the only sand bars ( he lie ) was stuck ( on 011 ) , and he was never stuck when he stayed out in the channel . He would suppose that his ( oars- oars ) touched bottom occasionally , but he has ( 110 no ) ( recollec recollec- recollec ) ¬ tion of it . ( R . 4643 . ) There ( are am ) all depths of * water there , and he supposes the oars touched ( bot- bot ) tom some places , but he ( hasn't hasnt ) any ( recollection ecollection ) ( of of' of ) any particular spot . He went into the lower Colorado River in 19211 by the way of Hanksville and down the Grand |
