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Show Canyon are simply ( cJiarming chartning ) 192 ; altogether ( delightful delightf-ul delightful ) . ( One Otte ) can paddle ( along almg ) in any sort of craft , can leave the river ( in i7i ) many places and in ( general geveral ) ( enjoy mijoy ) himself . I ( Jiave have ) been over ( the t1ta ) stretch tivice , once at low water and again at ( high hig1t ) , so I speak from abundant ( ex- ex ) perience . " In view of the fact that the river through Glen Canyon is not wider than the Colorado River between Moab and the junction and , as we recall the evidence , not quite as wide as the Green River , and in view of the further fact that , ( al- al ) though a little swifter through Glen Canyon , no great ( differ differ- differ ) ence in gradient exists between that stretch and the stretch above the junction of the Green and Colorado , there can be little doubt that throughout Glen Canyon the river is as readily navigable as either the Green or the Colorado above Cataract Canyon . The history of navigation appearing in the record , as well as the testimony of witnesses , establishes this fact . The report of the War Department ( ( Defendant's Defendants ) Exhibit No . 18 . ) sets forth the careful investigation made by the Army engineers relative to the navigability of Green River from Green River , Utah , to its mouth and of the Colorado River from Moab to the mouth of the Green . The report is brief and the facts upon which the Army engineers base their conclusion are therein fully set forth . We readily ( con- con ) cede that said conclusion is not as matter of law controlling in this case but submit that it is entitled to great weight . The sole purpose of that survey was to determine the ( ques ques- ques ) ¬ tion of navigability , and ( Ave ve ) ( know Imow ) of no other government ( re- re ) port or survey for such purpose except such as have been made for purposes of this litigation . Although the expressed conclusion of the Army engineers may not be deemed ( con- con ) trolling , we contend that the indisputable facts appearing in their report establish as matter of law the soundness of their conclusion that those sections of the river covered by their report are navigable waters of the State of Utah . CHARACTERISTICS OF THE COUNTRY TRAVERSED BY THE RIVERS . During the course of the trial we stated our contention that it is wholly immaterial , so far as the question of ( navi navi- navi ) ¬ gability is concerned , whether the country traversed by a |