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Show 3562 1584 73 Dellenbaugh- C tional explanation in your book defining your use of the word " tame", by saying you mean tame as compared with Cataract canyon. A No. Q But let me ask you, Mr. Dellenbaugh, when you used the word " tame" here, and said that the river in this Glen canyon was tame, didn't you mean just what you said, without qualification? A I meant it compared with what we had been experiencing it was tame. That book was not checked up the way the other book was. That was more general statements. Q You had at least as much preparation, went to as much trouble when you wrote this book as you did in preparation for your testimony here today? A No -- well, when I said tame, as I remarked, it was merely comparatively tame. Q Then there should have been inserted here, before the word " tame", the word comparatively? A It would have been better if we had said comparatively tame. I wasn't thinking of that being use as evidence at that time. THE SPECIAL MASTER: I don't suppose any two people concur as to what is the meaning of tame or rapid or slow. It always is a comparative term, isn't it? MR. FARNSWORTH: I think when a person says the river is tame, that it does not permit of any very wide scope. I |