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Show , not ( have 'have have ) any trouble with 1330 the boat , and did not have any trouble in getting ( aground ag-round aground ) , and always found plenty of water to run in , both in ( going going- going ) down the river with the raft and ( coining coming ) up with the boat . He believes this was the 12th of ( No- No ) vember , at least ( he lie ) is sure it was the early part of November . ( R . 5197-5198 . ) He ( would woiild ) not ( con- con ) sider it a high stage of water , as the high stage is in June or July . He never measured the depth of the water , but on one end of the raft they had an ( oar-lock oarlock ) , and used a steering oar perhaps ten feet long . In passing over the rapids ( he lie ) used this to steer the raft , and never experienced any trouble . He would think the water was at least two feet deep at any point of the rapids . ( R . . 5199 . ) He believes the boat , with the 500 pounds . of cargo , would draw at least a foot of water or more . ( R . 5199-5200 . ) ( Cross-examination Crossexamination ) ( R . , Vol . 30 , 5200-5203 ) : After that he continued to live in Moab , and Thompson was the shipping point for freight . ( Be- Be ) fore the coming of the automobile he always figured on a full day in making the trip from Thompson , to Moab on a passenger vehicle , and ( with -with with ) a freight outfit figured on the better part of two days to make the trip . He does not know how much time it ( would wbuld ) take to Greenriver . He has never made that trip . When he discovered ( he be ) surely had made a * ( mis-- mis ) take in landing at the mouth of Castle Creek he ran ashore and he did not want to go any further |