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Show shallow right in the break 635 , there is a gravel reef that ( rims runs ) across the river , after getting over it run into rough water . ( ( B R ) . ( 2401 2101 ) . ) At Olympia Bar , got out , nosed the boat around to get over . ( R . 2401 . ) Stage ofwater 12 or 14 thousand ( see- see ) ond ft . Just touched rocks in ( Smith Sinith ) ( Pork Fork ) Rapid ; dragged motor along on gravel above Lake Canyon . ( R . 2402 . ) At Shock Rapid , took same channel taken before , but it proved to be the wrong one . Severe rapid with four big rocks ; ( xig-zagged xigzagged zig-zagged zigzagged ) through by inches . At mouth of San Juan , ( had bad ) big sand waves , rode through parallel . ( R . 2403-2404 . ) Had sand wave condition down to mouth of Rock Creek . ( R . 2404 . ) From San Juan River ( down clown ) , Colorado is a ( differ differ- differ ) ent stream ; San Juan carries considerably more sand than Colorado . ( R . 2404 . ) Comparison of Colorado between 1907-1908 and 1929 : Glen ( Can- Can ) yon , 1908 , could walk along one side or other of river ; ( to-day today ) numerous places where river extends ( from froin ) wall rock to wall rock ; bars and bottoms have disappeared ; he estimates 5,000 acres of land ( dis- dis ) appeared out of Glen Canyon . ( R . 2405-2406 . ) Glen Canyon , between ( 1908 1-908 ) and 1914 , all traffic done on river was just 16 and 18 ft . rowboats ; row where they could and rope where they had to ( in' in ) coming up river . Boats seen , Bennett had a boat or two ; Lon Turner had a steel boat , 24 ft . long . ( R . 2406- |