No. 14 Original, Abstract of the Testimony, vol. 2, pp. 749-1426

Abstract Testimony, V 2, p. 1220

iL . ( itait-t itaitt ) . - , . . . " * * te i j . j - . * . ? 1220 ( Hall's Halls ) ( Grossing Orossihifr ) . [ ( The Tile ) map shows ( ono olie ) ( hundroel hitudrad ) . eighteen miles . ] They had to help the boat up with oars and at one ( point poilit ) somebody got out and had to tow . This ( vas was ) at Bridge Canyon , and was the only place in the whole distance up the river . He did not keep any particular account of the hours a day they would run , as they had ( twenty t-wenty twenty ) days to make it in . ( R . 4815-4816 . ) They were ahead of time and did not hurry but he would ( be- be ) ( lieve heve ) they traveled five or eight hours a day and he would suppose it was a little less than two miles an hour . He ( was -was was ) putting in the time on the trip usually waiting for Freeman and Bill Jones and they went faster after Freeman and Jones were ahead . He ( couldn't couldnt ) say how many days they put in waiting for Freeman and Jones but they put in a good many hours . He did not put in very many days ( waiting -waiting waiting ) because he believes the second or third day ( fhe he ) began to push ( Freeman's Freemans ) boat . ( ( E R ) . 4817 . ) ' ; It was after the boats were put together that they had the trouble at the one rapid at Bridge Canyon . They ( didn't didnt ) run into a ledge of rock in Lake Canyon ; they saw it but did not ground there at all , as he knew the way through . He was never in the water at Lake Canyon and he ( hasn't hasnt ) any information as to the depth of the water there , but in low water the ledge is pretty close with just one ( land kind ) of ( cut-out cutout ) place in the end