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Show 4176 McDonald- D 2196 Q Did you portage any of the rapids in Cataract canyon? A I don't think we portaged a rapid, if I remember -- I forget, now -- Mr. Edwards ought to remember if we did. I know, after we lost the No. 1, they run the rest of them. Q Just tell me about the progress of the trip through Glen canyon, -- we are talking now about the Best expedition. A We had lots of trouble going through there. Q That is what I want to know. A Getting on to sand and bars; but the channel down in the in the Colorado wasn't as bad nor as changeable as it was on the Green, but it changed in places, the sand moving all the times, always moving, and where you would think it was a smooth, nice piece of water and run ahead on it, you would run on to a bar, and you would have to hop out, back the boat off; sometimes we would try backing off with the oars, but the oars would go down into that sand so far you could hardly get them out. Q Well, now Mr. McDonald, did you have more water on the Best expedition than you had on the second Stanton? A Yes. Q How did the water which you had on the Best expedition compare with the water which you had on the first Stanton? I am talking now about through Glen canyon, if you have any |