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Show Adams- D 425 Q And for how far do those rapids extend? A Well, plumb through the canyons, as far as I ever was at the canyons. SPECIAL MASTER: Will you speak a little louder. I find a little difficulty in hearing. A Well, it is very rough going through these canyons; the river bed is very rough. BY MR. BLACKMAR: Q WHAT DO you mean? A On the sides the bluffs are high, and the rocks has fallen in; you will find rocks all the way along in the middle -- not exactly in the middle of the stream, but all along the water -- the river. Q What about sand in that country? A I don't think the sand amounts to anything along there, as far as I know. Q When you get around Mexican Hat do you have the sand again? A Yes sir, the sand for a stretch of a few miles. Q Right in the river bed? A Yes sir, in the river bed. Q Is that sand in the river bed there stable, or is it otherwise? A It is otherwise. Q What do you mean? A It is moving in the bed of the river. Q Have you driven cattle across the San Juan river? A Yes sir. Q At what points? 2382 |