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Show 347 At the ( time tilne ) ( of of- of ) ( his 'his his ) inspection the river was ( ill- ill ) fringing on the point between Salaratus Wash , ( which -which which ) enters the river just above that riffle , and ( iho the ) river proper . That point was caving off as ( wit wit- wit ) ( nessed messed ) by the fact that a number of trees had ( beeii becii ) ( undermined 'undermined undermined ) and were falling , or had fallen into the river , forming a series of ( snags sliags ) along that bank . The indications were that the ( caving eaving ) was still going ( on Oil ) , and that in the course of caving it was ( excavat excavat- excavat ) ( ing hig ) , or unburying , as it is sometimes termed there , snags and boulders . ( R , 1251 , 1252 . ) He made no inspection of the river bed at ( Green- Green ) river , as ( he be ) had ( 110 no ) boat there . So far as the changes in the channel are concerned , the only map ( he lie ) had ( was -was was ) this 1909 survey , which has been discussed ( be- be ) fore , and the change that he noted previously . ( R . . 1252 . ) From Greenriver he went to Hanksville by ( auto auto- auto ) mobile , where they stayed for perhaps ( thirty-six thirtysix ) hours ; thence by automobile to the upper portion , of North ( Wash AVash ) [ near the Colorado River ] , and at that point they ( were -were were ) eventually overtaken by a wagon . ( R . 1252 . ) The road from Greenriver to Hanksville is a track across the desert . Sometimes ( no lio ) track ; they actually had to break substantially a fresh track through among themselves , where the sand had drifted in and obliterated all previous marks . ( R . 1252-1253 . ) The road from ( Hanksville 11anksville ) to North Wash is used considerably for about ( eighteen eiggliteen ) ( miles nifles ) from |
