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Show 4308 Loper- D 2329 if the river is running straight there will be slopes on both sides; but if the river makes a loop, the river here will dig in and dig the talus slopes away from that wall rock. Q Wouldn't it be the same thing above, where the river males a loop? A It didn't; lime stone is harder than sandstone; and don't wash away or wear away like sandstone, and probably a lot of these lime stones may help out the sandstone away in these floods we have down there. BY MR. BLACKMAR: Q Go ahead and tell me any other difficulties you had. A We continued on with the same difficulties until we came out to Clay Hill crossing, then I you about having to drag the boats nearly through Indian Farms. After getting through that section of the river all we had to do -- the party was out surveying; I had the two boats to handle. Q How much help did you have? A I didn't have any, ordinarily; I will tell you about the help; H. B. Blake, Jr., was a rod man; the first narrows, ten miles below Chinle creek, or one hundred and twenty- three miles above the junction, is the first place we had to break Mr. Blake in, because I was in the habit of taking a boat down the river and tying it up, then coming back up the river to get the |