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Show < * * -- , . . . < 14,09 in the spring and the river was reasonably high . , R . . 5440 . . ) This Anderson was A . I . . Anderson . In 1921 lie had sonie boating experience with thd Chenoweth party of the U . S . Geological Survey . . They started from Greenriver , Utah , and left ahead of the other boats . . Mr . . Page and Mr . La Rue wer6 with him , and they had an ( 18-foot 18foot ) boat that was specially constructed to go through the cataracts , , decked over , with one cockpit in it . The rest of it was covered and had hatches on . ( R . 5441 . ) The survey started at the junction of the ( riv'ers rivers ) . Mr . . Page was a geologist and anything he would see that looked unusual , he would stop and go and ( exam- exam ) ine it . . The party stopped quite a number of ( times" times ) . He was along in the capacity of a ( rodman r'odman rodman ) . After he arrived at the junction , three other boats ( cam-el camel ) down . . ( R . . 5442 . ) ( Stipulated , the other members of the party are the same as testified ( to- to ) by other ( witness wiffiess ) . ( R . 5443 ) ) . . The party left Greenriver about the first of Sep ¬ -- teffiber and went clear through to Lees Ferry , ( leav- leav ) ing there ill December . In making the topographid map , , there were two rodmen ; at times one man was used on one side and one man on the other side of flie river , , and at other times they would ( crisscross" crisscross ) back and forth . . Each one of the rodmen had a boat , not all of the time , , but most of the time , and ( the' the ) party had their boa6 and they would , go fiom point to point in the boats , , ( sometimes- sometimes ) ( cros's cross ) the river and sometimes work half a day on one side . . He ( has- has ) |