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Show 3201 Dent- D 1227 of the country where the river could have moved its full width without encountering the rock on the other side. For example, if the normal width from rock to rock is sight hundred feet, the river would normally occupy, say six hundred. There are places where the rock widens out so that the distance from rock to rock is possibly twelve hundred feet, and in a few pockets it is perhaps as much as two thousand feet. I only recall one such pocket, at the moment, and that is so- called Cataract bottoms, just below the junction between the Green and the Colorado rivers, and of course the basin at Moab, which is, I understand, some two or three thousand acres in extent, largely bottom land. Q What about the character of the bed of the river with reference to the condition under the water? A Within those rock limits, the Colorado river is exceedingly changeable. The bars along the side of the river -- incidentally the term " bar" is used both to indicate alluvial deposit along the side of the river, or a submerged bar beneath the water's surface. The bars along the side of the river had small trees on them. I should say that none of those trees were much in excess of twenty years of age, with a few possible exceptions. One exception is this Cataract bottoms, Moab basin, and in the Glen canyon section, the vicinity of Hite, |