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Show 1054 : the boat ; that would end , then they would have to drag it across where it was very shallow and wade some more ; right at those places they had to drag the boat most of the time . The channels were not separated ; they were sort of interlacing channels . . ( R . . 4190 ) The landings made , included those stopped for meals and for camp at night . He is unable to state any specific facts as to the exact time spent on the river . ( R . 4191 . ) The motor was not used going down the first stretch of the river because they did not want to damage the ( propeller piopeller ) . That was between Greenriver and the mouth of the San Rafael and they did not use it from the mouth of the San Rafael down to the junction , because they wanted to save gasoline chiefly . They did not have an anchor on the boat . On the trip they had eighteen or twenty ( days' days ) ( sup- sup ) plies ; each having a cot and bed roll , together with gasoline , oil , instruments , and when they started out , a couple of kegs of fresh water . ( R . . 4192-4193 . . ) It required ten or twelve days , approximately , , to go from Greenriver to the junction and six or eight days to go from the junction up to ( Moab Aloab ) , it being a much shorter stretch going upstream to Moab . . They did not stop as often going upstream to Moab as going down the Green River to the junction , , inasmuch as they had less occasion to stop on that trip . . The mapping going up was about the same as going down the Green River , , but he did not have to stop to study the formations . . ( R . 4193 . ) ) |