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Show 300 sandbars, almost islands, would be just up to the surface of the water; sometimes we could tell where they were; the wind sometimes makes a difference. Sometimes we couldn't tell it; some times we would hit them pretty hard. But we would endeavor all the time to look over our shoulder and pick out what we thought was the running water, the deeper channels, but that changes a great deal from side to side, and especially if the course of the river is changed, if it is not a straight river. BY THE SPECIAL MASTER: " Q. You had two boats? " A. Yes sir. " Q. Three men? " A. One man lasted one hundred and sixty miles; he got through the Lodore canyon with us; he wanted to get out there, and we were glad to have him go, because he wasn't adapted to that kind of work; he was a city man. " Q. You were each one to a boat? " A. Yes sir. BY MR. BLACKMAR: " Q. Except at these times when you were going stern first, you were rowing with your back to the stream? " A. We were rowing with our back to the stream, to the current, when we were in quieter water, and sometimes even in pretty bad water, endeavoring to make time. If we saw a rapid was clear of rocks, even if it had a considerable drop, we would pull downstream, try to make time, and let the water splash." R. 787- 789. |