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Show t J ( t' t ) Sjl A J , 721 a Tule . ( E . 2775 . ) The ( channel chainiel ) , ( would ivould ) fail and , , , a new one develop , necessitating a ( change cliange ) of course . . These ( changes chauges ) occurred more frequently during low ( 'water water ) E 2775 . ( . . ) He has ( made inade ) two trips oil the Moab Garage barge . The first trip from ( Moab 'Mo-ab Moab ) to Grand ( Land Land- Land ) ing , 20 miles downstream , was in August , 1926 , The boat was ( stuck stuek ) the greater part of the day on a sand bar . Carried cable ashore and used ( wind- wind ) lass ; pushed and poled . ( ( E R ) , . 2778 . ) Virgil ( Bald- Bald ) win was in charge of boat on this trip which took eight or ( nine iline ) hours down stream . He has never come upstream on the barge . The ( next uext ) trip was in August , 1927 , in the same boat , when he went to Lockhart , and was hung up a short time at Big ( Bend Belid ) . ( ( E R ) . 2779 . ) Between Moab and Lockhart Canyon there are two patches of land subject to cultivation , known as ( "King's Kings ) ( Bottom" Bottom ) and ( "William's Williams ) Bottom . " ( However Howevex ) , there was no one living there when he was there . There is about 100 acres of total land surface , ( -the the ) vegetation being mostly willow trees . The ( character ebaracter ) of the land upon the rim is rather a flat mesa , broken by numerous box ( canyons canyoiis ) . He knows of no houses or ( inhabitants in-habitants inhabitants ) ( on oil ) either side of river . There were a few cows there . ( ( E R ) . 2781 . ) ( Cross-examination Crossexamination ) ( R . , Vol . 15 , pp . 2782- 2792 ) : : When he went out from that country ( Colorado ( Eiver River ) , . 1926 ) he went from Lockhart up to No . 2 ( 33307-31-vor 3330731vor ) . 1 40 |