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Show 3802 Woodbury- C 1823 CROSS EXAMINATION BY MR. FARNSWORTH: Q Mr. Woodbury, you spoke of some boiling condition, very peculiar boiling condition. Where was it you came upon that phenomena? A It is what we call a boil in the Missouri river, where the water comes up and spreads out, kind of oily looking on top, with riffles in different directions. That is the same where the canyon narrows up, we strike that conditions. It is caused more or less from the submerged rocks; rowing in there, if the boat is off a few feet to one side, it will grab the boat, the water will, and carry it out of line, and out it around in a few circles; it is difficult to get it back in the main current again; it is a kind of whirlpool which is flat on top instead of having a vortex to it. Q I don't think we have had that described before. A Take your boat out of control altogether. Q Where was it you found this boiling condition? A You find that all the way along, where it is narrow, that is, we did, from some one hundred miles above Lees Ferry down to Greenriver -- that doesn't enter into this case. Q It begins about one hundred miles above Lees Ferry, does it? |