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Show 3552 1574 63 Dellenbaugh- C ( Reads:) " Twelve miles below our camp we passed a stream coming in on the left through a canyon about one thousand feet deep, similar to that of the Colorado. This was the San Juan, now shallow and some eight rods wide" Q You would say that statement would be a more accurate statement of the width of the stream than the statement you made on your direct examination, that it was twenty or thirty feet wide? A Yes. Q Eight rods would be one hundred and thirty- two feet, wouldn't it? A Yes. Of course, that was only estimated, even then. Q Oh, yes, I appreciate that. You, of course, did not get out and put a tape on it. A No. Q I call your attention to page 114 of the same exhibit, follow-ing your description of your trip down from Gunnison crossing, now Greenriver, Utah, to the mouth of the Green river, where you speak of the arrival at the confluence, and say, ( reads:) " The two rivers blended gracefully, on nearly equal terms, and the doubled volume started down with reckless impetuosity." You were describing, I think, a point where Cataract canyon begins? A Yes. Q ( Reads:) " This was the end of Stillwater canyon, with a |
