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Show 3422 Nims- C 1445 to find a full supply of provisions here that had been ordered shipped." A That does not mean that it was smooth water all the way. Q Well, we will go on a little further. MR. BLACKMAR: What is that? A A few rapids -- the few rapids referred to are the larger ones we met. There was any quantity of small rapids. BY. MR. FARNSWORTH: Q Yes, but it was what you would call smooth water, and you had no difficulty, isn't that true? A We did have difficulty on several of these rapids; we had to stop and repair our boats from leaking. Q By the way, through that stretch of river from North wash down, or from the foot of the Cataract canyon down -- the last cataract down, does the river touch the sides of the canyon, go up on the talus at any of the places along there, or for any considerable stretches? A Yes. Q At what place, all the way down? A Nearly all the way, on one side or the other. Q I call your attention to the printed page 262, of the article to which I last called your attention, that is the article entitled, " Through the Colorado River", to this statement: ( Reads:) " In the canyons above Lees Ferry it is rare |