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Show 679 lashed boats would swing with them , occasionally take ( them thein ) back down the river ; that happened in a good ( many iiiany ) instances . ( R . ( 2585-2586 91585-2586 ) . ) He was not able to give any estimate of the ( num- num ) ber of times the boat stuck between Warm Creek and ( HalPs Hall's Halls ) Crossing . That would be like ( estimat estimat- estimat ) ing the number of automobiles we passed coming from the hotel ; from one ( tiling thing ) and another we were stuck or stopped a great many times . It might have been from sand bars , from rocks , or from the current . ( R . 2586 . ) In his own case once , ( navi navi- navi ) ( gating -gating gating ) alone , stuck on a pinnacle of ( rock-that rockthat ) was ( when Nvhen ) he was navigating alone before they were lashed together . This is illustrative of the diffi ¬ culty of reading the water of the Colorado , on ( ac- ac ) count of its complete opacity . There was nothing to indicate the rock beneath the water . He ran the middle of the boat on to the obstruction ; stepped out to lift it off , and found ( himself hiinself ) in water over his head ; when he tried to lift it , he was ( swim swim- swim ) ming . Does not know whether he got off alone , or whether ( some soine ) one came and helped him off . ( R . ( 2586-2587 -20-86-2587 ) . ) The stage of the Colorado River at the time ( he lie ) was there was ; roughly it was a ( mod- mod ) erately high August stage , about ten or twelve ( thou- thou ) sand ( second-feet secondfeet ) ; that would not be very far wrong ; it could be checked from the record of flows which you have . That is a very rough guess . ( R . 2587 . ) After reaching Halls Crossing they waited there until the other party came , about a ( week N7eek ) later . |