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Show 217 < * ( WolvGrton Wolverton ) had a power boat of which he ( 'was was ) ( very Tery ) proud ; he ( claimed clainied ) that ( he lie ) ( had bad ) been to ( Green- Green ) , river with it ; ( he lie ) thought that was quite an ( accom- accom ) ( plishment plishinent ) . He did not see any boats in operation as ( he lie ) went down . There were a few ranchers in the section there where ( Wolverton Wolverton's Wolvertons ) lived but they did not see , any dwellings after they left ( Wolverton Wolverton's Wolvertons ) a . few , hours . ( R . 791 . ) When they entered the Colorado River it ( seemed seemed- seemed ) a little higher than at Greenriver and the water was more red . ( R . 792 . ) The rapids began about four miles below there , the rapids of Cataract ( Can- Can ) yon , and Cataract Canyon is a little over forty miles in length , and has ( forty-five fortyfive ) bad rapids ( according according- according ) to the record of the geological survey . ( R . 792 . ) They ran every rapid in Cataract Canyon . They ( didn't didnt ) take their boats out of a single rapid , , and they have always bragged about it , that they had quite an adventure , and got through without any serious difficulty . ( R . 792 . ) It is customary , if you are careful at all , to get out above every bad rapid , tie the boat up , ( walk wall ) down ( almost alniost ) to the bottom of it , look upstream very carefully to examine the rapids ; in that ( muddy n-raddy nraddy ) water , looking upstream , one can locate the hidden rocks by the action of the water ; ( looking looldug ) ( down down- down ) stream it is very difficult to tell whether it is a rock or whether it is just a wave caused by a deep rock . . Would then try to remember where those |