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Show 4328 Loper- D 2348 sometimes we would all get wet by getting out. Q Supposing we take this way -- THE SPECIAL MASTER: I think you better caution the witness to keep his answers to your questions. We will get along faster. BY MR. BLACKMAR: Q Tell me about the progress of your trip from Greenriver, Utah, down to the mouth of the San Rafael, with special reference to the riffles. A We hit a riffle immediately below Greenriver, where the iron divides the channel, and I believe we struck the gravel just below the harbor, and then, as I remember, we had no more trouble until we got below the mouth of the San Rafael, when we began to encounter the sand. Q Tell me about the progress of that trip through Labyrinth and Stillwater canyons. A Every crossing -- nearly every crossing, channel crossing, I mean, we had trouble; one or the other or all of us would run aground. Q Now, for the purpose of the record, supposing you tell me just what you mean by a channel crossing. A It is when the channel will leave one side of the river bed and cross over to the opposite side of the river bed. In other words, if there is a loop, you naturally expect your channel on the outside of the loop. If the |
