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Show they took a ( five-gallon fivegallon ) 415 can , sat on the ( boafi boaf ) _ ( uon- uon ) nected the hose with it , ( and aiid ) one man had to sit there and dip water for one hundred and twenty miles , to keep the engine cool ; that is , pour water into the can and siphon it through the engine . ( R . 1480- 1481 . ) Just above the ( confluence confluelice ) of the Green and ( Colo Colo- Colo ) ¬ ( rado Tado ) ( Elvers Rivers ) he ( hit bit ) a bar , hit some sand and ( broke brok6 ) the propeller shaft of ( the tile ) motors : Left it on until we made camp that night , just below the confluence of the two rivers . Then they took the ( motor inotor ) off , and put it in the hold of one of the boats . ( R . 1481 . ) Did not ( use -use use ) the motor from there on any more . Would not have tried to bring same boats up that stretch of the river from the ( commencement commenceinent ) of the cataracts in Cataract canyon up to Greenriver , Utah , with the same equipment that he ( had bad ) . He was brought up on the Snake River and ( oper oper- oper ) ¬ ated boats all of his life . ( R . 1483 . ) Had ( experi experi- experi ) ¬ ence on the Snake river where he lives ever since he was little boy ; also on the Weiser river , which runs into the Snake river at my home . The progress of the trip through Cataract ( Oan- Oan Can- Can ) ( yoii yon ) was comparatively slow , because he had to carry the line of traverse through at the ( same saine ) ( time til-ne tilne ) , as he went through with the boats . Ellsworth Kolb was the head ( boatman boatinan ) ( ; - ) ( Emory Ernory ) Kolb ( had bad ) his own boat , taking pictures , and he helped . ( R . 1484 . ) The rapids were ( looked loohed ) over before the boats were |
