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Show 1156 up for several hours ; sometimes make good headway ; ; Stillwater Canyon practically same as Labyrinth , , having frequent groundings ; in going downstream if water looked shallow soundings made with stick ; ; sometimes man sent ahead in row boat to hunt ( chan- chan ) nel ; between mouth of Green and Moab struck bars , , water little swift . ( R . 4210-4217 . ) 1902 , 1905 , 1914 , Reeder . ( M . R . 61 , , 68 . Abs . . R . vol . 2 , pp . 1238-1243 ) In going upstream rowed and towed . . When wind favorable would rig up a sail ; is familiar with rapids on the Green River , but never had to sail over them ; got over them by towing his rowboat up through the Slide , ( R . 4879 . ) Always plenty of water on the Green River for rowboat ; would hit sand bars if not careful , but if he followed channel plenty of water for rowboat ; no difficulties or obstructions in boating ; traveled from head of Cataract up to Moab ; about the same as the Green River ( R . 4886-4887 ) ; he has got out in the water and pushed his sailboats off , once in a while ( R . 4890 ) ; on trip with Wolverton with motor boat ; never ran on to sand bars , nor did they strike any obstructions anywhere ; Mr . ( Wolver- Wolver ) ton thought this rather unusual ( R . 4890 ) . 1903 , Wolverton . - ( M . R . 61 Abs R vol . 2 . , . . . , PP . 1374-1379 . , 1391-1393 . ) No trouble with riffles or with current ; boats damaged in ice ; machinery taken out ; got on and off sand bars ( R . . 5333-5354 ; longest on sand bar three minutes ( R . . 5354 ) . |