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Show bars in the stream ; it was 1031 simply a rapid stretch in ? the stream indicated by wavelets and a rise in ( velocity velocity- velocity ) . . That is the definition of the ordinary man on ( the the- the ) street ; that is what ( he lie ) thinks of . In contrast , for instance , on a trip down Grand Canyon , they did not . consider anything a rapid that would not swamp an open boat . The conditions were very different there . ( R . 4057 . ) The second rapid he encountered was at ( mile- mile ) 116.5 above Lees Ferry and the third at mile 115.9 ; - the fourth at mile 113.2 ; the fifth is ( bed-rock bedrock ) rapid at 112.1 ; the sixth at mile 110.5 ; the seventh at ( mile mile- mile ) 109 ; and the eighth at mile 108 . He then got tired of marking the little rapids , which were not of any material importance . He had eight within the ( first- first first ) ten miles of the trip and about that proportion ( con-- con ) tinued down to the mouth of the San Juan . From there on they were fewer on down to Lees Ferry . ( R . 4057 . ) He has also indicated a rapid at mile 68 just ( below below- below ) the mouth of Aztec , and notes ( "Rapid Rapid ) , " the ( narrow- narrow ) ( est -est est ) , , , point on the river at low water . ( R . 4058 . ) This was one of the three most difficult rapids on that , stretch of the river , and great care was necessary to avoid swamping the boat . Of the other two , one was . near the mouth of Oak Creek , at mile 71 , and the other , that was called Whirlpool Rapids , is not far below Halls Crossing . At this rapid all the boats shipped some water . ( R . 4058 . ) Sand bars were of frequent occurrence . They would often run into them unawares and get hung ( up- up ) |