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Show 1 j overnight just below the riffle . In the I miles did not strike ( what -tvhat tvhat ) he calls sand bars ; , they struck bottom every ( now ilow ) and then ; that ( was -was was ) on account , you ( might inight ) say , of poor navigation . If we had shifted over a little bit we probably ( svoiild -would would ) not have struck bottom . ( R . 1851-1853 . ) The location of the bar or shoal that caused the ( -boat-to boatto ) drop back is about eleven and ( three-quar threequar three-quar- threequar ) ters of a mile above Lees Ferry . ( R . 1853-1854 . ) He is ( -testifying testifying ) in connection with Compl . Exh . 10 , , sheets A ( arid a-rid arid ) following . ( R . 1854 . ) The next morning a reconnaissance was made ( and -and and ) it was found to be much easier to go on the south bank of the ( river rivdr ) rather than take the main , ( channel -channel channel ) , as the bar or riffle stretched practically across the river . By the men pulling , and using the ( boat's boats ) power , it got by all right . The ( remain- remain ) ( der -der der ) of the distance up the river was made very well , except that the boat would strike bottom now and then . They got to Warm Creek , had a little ( lunch 'lunch lunch ) , dropped down the river to a spring and cached the provisions they were taking up , so the topographic parties ( could coidd ) pick them ( iip up ) ( iu in ) the ( small sinall ) . boats they were using . ( R . 1854-1855 . ) They ( didn't didnt ) continue on up the river , but went back up to Lees ( Perry Ferry ) . It was too much of a struggle to go upstream . They had plenty of fuel , and he recalls ( Mr Afr ) . La ( Rue Puie ) saying that there was in the neighborhood of ( twenty-five twentyfive twelity-five twelityfive ) to ( twenty-eight twentyeight ) ( thou- thou ) sand ( seconcl-feet seconclfeet second-f-eet secondfeet ) ( passing passing- passing ) Lees Ferry at the time . . |